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Why does Amado repeat the word morte in the title of his novel A Morte e a Morte de Quincas Berro d'Água?
When I have read it (very long ago, and in yet another language), I parsed the title as
(A Morte) e (a Morte de Quincas Berro d'Água)
that is The Death in general, and some particular death. After ...
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