Name: The Magic Spyglass (en Inglés)
SKU: 69220786
Price: 509.44 MXN
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Author: Manuel De Macedo, Joaquim
ISBN: 9798177880419

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Libro Físico

Editorial

Independently published

Autor

Manuel De Macedo, Joaquim

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

274

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN13

9798177880419

The Magic Spyglass (en Inglés)

Manuel De Macedo, Joaquim (Autor) · Independently published · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "The Magic Spyglass (en Inglés)"

Born physically and morally nearsighted, Simplício can neither trust his eyes nor form an opinion of his own. When a mysterious Armenian crafts a magical spyglass for him, its first lens exposes evil everywhere: affection curdles into self-interest, virtue into calculation, and public life into theater. A second lens reverses the enchantment, transforming every fault into goodness and every danger into an excuse. Yet neither absolute suspicion nor indiscriminate charity can teach him how to judge. First published in Rio de Janeiro in 1869, The Magic Spyglass is Joaquim Manuel de Macedo's ingenious blend of social comedy, philosophical fable, and fantastic satire. Across family quarrels, political ambitions, romantic hopes, professional vanities, and the bustle of imperial Brazil, Macedo turns supernatural vision into a searching question: does seeing more clearly make us wiser—or merely more certain? This new English edition preserves the complete structure of A Luneta Mágica. By turns playful, ironic, and unexpectedly modern, the novel reveals a writer whose comedy of distorted perception speaks directly to an age of instant judgments and borrowed opinions.