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Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas
"I passed away at two o’clock in the afternoon on a Friday in August in 1869, in my beautiful mansion in the Catumbi district of the city." So begins Posthumous Memoirs of Brás …
Machado De Assis
Acclaimed as “the greatest writer ever produced in Latin America” by Susan Sontag, as well as “another Kafka” by Allen Ginsberg, Machado de Assis (1839-1908) was famous in his time …
The Collected Stories of Machado de Assis
A progenitor of twentieth-century Latin American fiction, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839-1908), was hailed in his lifetime as Brazil’s greatest writer. This majestic …
Philosopher or Dog?
The intellectual invention here, the worldly perception, the ultimate resignation- all give this its special interest for a special market which the earlier book will have …
Counselor Ayres' Memorial
"A small masterwork, freshly translated , by one of the great novelists of the 19th century. A retired Brazilian diplomat (Ayres) recounts the love affair of a young widow who …
Posthumous Memoirs of Br'as Cubas
"e;Be aware that frankness is the prime virtue of a dead man,"e; writes the narrator of The Posthumous Memoirs of Br?s Cubas. But while he may be dead, he is surely one of …
Posthumous Memoirs of Br s Cubas
"e;One of the wittiest, most playful, and . . . most alive and ageless books ever written."e; --Dave Eggers, The New YorkerA revelatory new translation of the playful, …
Dom Casmurro
"A palm tree, seeing me troubled and divining the cause, murmured in its branches that there was nothing wrong with fifteen-year old boys getting into corners with girls of …
Esau and Jacob
Esau and Jacob is the last of Machado de Assis's four great novels. At one level it is the story of twin brothers in love with the same woman and her inability to choose between …
Brazilian Tales
The Devil's Church and Other Stories
The modem Brazilian short story begins with the mature work of Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839-1908), acclaimed almost unanimously as Brazil's greatest writer. Collectively, …
Alienist and Other Stories of Nineteenth-Century Brazil
Accompanied by a thorough introduction to "Brazil's Machado, Machado's Brazil", these vibrant new translations of eight of Machado de Assis's best-known short stories bring …