Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas
One of the greatest novels of Brazilian Literature, Memorias Postumas de Bras Cubas is narrated by a dead man who recounts the amorous misadventures of his unheroic life and explains his half-hearted political ambitions. While it is considered the first novel of Brazilian realism, its quirks seem refreshingly modern and make it unforgettably unlike anything written before or after it.