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Press review for The Maias
"Eca is the master of the narrative finale, usually accomplished through dialogue linked to skilfully deployed symbolism. The last scene of The Maias , in which Carlos and Joao,having agreed on the ultimate futility of effort in their lives, suddenly race to catch a tram, offers a fine flourish of comic irony.Margaret Jull Costa's new English version expertly captures the novelist's refined almalgam of the acerbic satirist and compassionate observer."