Misha Glenny
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1,410 appearances
21 recordings
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first heard May 2026
last heard 6d ago
Misha Glenny’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Was it in any sense ostracised during the slavery period?
Why did it take so long for slavery to be abolished?
More or less at the same time that Brazil becomes a republic and…
Gets rid of the monarchy.
Let's look at one of Machado's most famous works.
That's the posthumous memoirs of Bras Cubas.
Can you describe that novel to us?
So he's dead when he's writing it?
So that's what I want to go on to.
Viviane, can you tell us what the social critique in this novel is really about?
Ana Clara, that sense of entitlement, which Viviani described there, it sounds quite a lot like the Brazil of today.
There's not much of a plot in this novel.
So what is it that inspires people to read the book?
So how was it received when it was first published?
You said that they didn't really understand it.
They liked the novel, but they didn't understand it.
Was it well received?
You mean almost as though they were celebrating the fecklessness of the Brazilian elite.
Right, so reception changes as Brazil develops and people start to look at it in different ways.
Claire Williams, the narrator here is a man, Bras Cubas, but how strong are women in Machado's work?
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