Claire Williams
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137 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 9 Jul
Claire Williams’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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They are the end of a generation in a way.
That's really important because Brazil needed to reinvent itself, create new citizens who were forward-looking.
There are lots of examples of this.
And we've already touched on the fact that Bras Cubas achieved very little in his life, despite having all the wealth, all the training, all the education, all the charm to do this.
So Bras is the ultimate underachiever.
He wanted attention from everybody, but he did nothing really to deserve it.
He's somebody who does nothing.
And this, I think, is very frustrating for Machado, but also for the reader.
He has no initiative.
This is what the new generation need.
They need initiative.
They need to take responsibility.
And there's the last chapter of Brash Kubas is called Negatives.
And it's all about what Brash didn't do in his life.
So he says, I did not have children and thus did not bequeath to any creature the legacy of our misery.
He's listed all the things that he didn't do, which is basically what the whole story is about.
Yes, that's true.
I mean, he's also been described as a postmodernist.
And I think that's something to do with the knowing nature of the way that the characters address you as if, you know, they've just you've just left the room and come back in and you are their dear reader.
Well, I think he covers very juicy topics, such as universal topics about love, about parenting.
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