Brás

The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas (Portuguese: Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas), also translated as “Epitaph of a Small Winner”, is a novel by the Brazilian writer Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis. The novel is narrated by the dead protagonist Brás Cubas, who tells his own life story from beyond the grave, noting his mistakes and failed romances.