The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

A translation of this novel by Flora Thomson-DeVeaux and a co-translation by Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson were released almost concurrently in June 2020. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this set of “Posthumous Memoirs” narrated by a lover of Virgília and dedicated to “the worm who first gnawed on the cold flesh of my corpse.”

ANSWER: The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas [or Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas; or Epitaph of a Small Winner]

[10e] The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas was written by Brazilian author Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (“mah-SHAH-doo jee ah-SEESE”) in this language, which Fernando Pessoa used to write The Book of Disquiet.

ANSWER: Portuguese [or português; or língua portuguesa]

[10h] A character with this name creates a philosophy called Humanitism in The Posthumous Memoirs. A dog with this name is given to the student Rubião (“roo-bee-OW”) in a novel whose title was originally translated as Philosopher or Dog?.

ANSWER: Quincas Borba (“KEEN-kass BOR-buh”) [or Quincas Borba]

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North	Main	Y	10	13.00	100%	10%	20%
Overflow	Main	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	10	16.00	100%	40%	20%
Southeast	Main	Y	11	15.45	100%	27%	27%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	13.75	100%	25%	13%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	13.75	100%	13%	25%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	14	13.57	100%	21%	14%

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Guelph A	McGill A	0	10	0	10
McMaster C	Queen's A	0	10	0	10
Queen's B	McMaster B	0	10	0	10
Toronto B	Toronto A	10	10	10	30
McMaster A	Toronto C	10	10	0	20
George Mason A	Penn A	10	10	10	30
Catholic University	George Washington A	0	10	0	10
Maryland C	George Washington B	0	10	0	10
Johns Hopkins B	Maryland D	0	10	0	10
Johns Hopkins A	Maryland A	0	10	0	10
Maryland B	Georgetown B	0	10	0	10
NYU B	Notre Dame E	0	10	0	10
Georgetown A	Penn B	0	10	10	20
Johns Hopkins C	UMBC A	0	10	0	10
George Mason B	VCU A	0	10	0	10
Western Ontario	Toronto E	0	10	0	10
Carleton	Toronto H	10	10	0	20
Toronto I	McGill C	0	10	0	10
Toronto J	Toronto Metropolitan	0	10	0	10
McGill B	Toronto K	0	10	0	10
Toronto D	Ottawa	0	10	0	10
SIUE	Missouri A	10	10	0	20
WashU B	Truman State	10	10	0	20
WashU D	William Woods	0	10	0	10
Chicago A	Notre Dame D	0	10	10	20
Notre Dame A	Chicago D	0	10	0	10
Illinois A	Louisville B	10	10	0	20
Illinois C	Louisville A	10	10	0	20
Indiana A	UIC	10	10	10	30
Indiana B	Michigan B	0	10	0	10
Michigan D	Kentucky	0	10	0	10
Chicago B	Michigan C	0	10	0	10
Michigan A	Purdue B	10	10	0	20
Notre Dame B	Purdue C	0	10	0	10
BU	MIT B	0	10	0	10
BC B	Bowdoin B	0	10	0	10
Brandeis Clemenceau	Brown C	10	10	10	30
Brandeis Lloyd George	Brown B	0	10	0	10
Brandeis Orlando	Brandeis Wilson	0	10	0	10
Dartmouth	Cornell-UG	0	10	0	10
Brown A	Harvard	0	10	0	10
MIT A	Amherst A	10	10	10	30
Tufts B	Tufts A	0	10	0	10
Yale A	Williams	10	10	10	30
BC A	Yale B	0	10	0	10
Alberta B	Northwestern A	0	10	0	10
Ohio	Arizona State B	0	10	0	10
Northwestern C	Rose State	0	10	0	10
Arizona State A	Texas A	10	10	10	30
McGill D	Texas B	10	10	0	20
Tulsa	UTD B	0	10	0	10
Northwestern B	UCO	0	10	0	10
UTD A	Iowa	0	10	0	10
Auburn A	Bruin A	0	10	0	10
Alabama A	Alabama B	0	10	10	20
Huntsville A	Auburn B	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech B	Vanderbilt B	0	10	0	10
Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech D	10	10	10	30
Huntsville B	Sewanee A	0	10	0	10
UAB A	Mississippi State A	0	10	0	10
Imperial B	Bristol B	0	10	0	10
Sheffield B	City St George's A	0	10	0	10
Imperial C	Durham B	0	10	0	10
Cambridge A	Edinburgh B	10	10	10	30
Imperial A	Birmingham A	0	10	0	10
LSE A	Edinburgh A	10	10	10	30
Lancaster A	Cambridge C	0	10	0	10
Manchester B	LSE B	0	10	0	10
Oxford A	Manchester A	0	10	0	10
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Southampton B	Cambridge D	0	10	0	10
Sheffield A	Warwick A	10	10	0	20
Warwick B	Bristol A	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech C	0	10	0	10