Books by Machado de Assis (9)
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A Chapter of Hats : Selected Stories by Machado de Assis EN
Country: South America / 
Brazil
Brazil
Description:
The stories in this book, many of them published in English for the first time, are taken from Machado de Assis's mature period of life. They echo Poe and Gogol, anticipate Joyce, and have been compared to contemporary works by Chekhov, Maupassant and Henry James, yet they are not quite like any of these- they are - well - pure Machado de Assis. For example, two gentlemen standing outside a church in Rio de Janeiro see a respectable lady emerge - one of them has an unexpected, and to him inexplicable, story to tell about her past life as a prostitute; a popular composer of polkas burns the mid... continue
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Dom Casmurro by Machado de Assis PT
Country: South America / Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Dom Casmurro" é uma das obras-primas da literatura brasileira, escrita por Machado de Assis. Este romance, publicado pela Editora Planeta do Brasil LTDA, mergulha o leitor em uma narrativa rica e complexa, explorando temas como ciúmes, memória e a natureza da realidade. Através da história de Bentinho e Capitu, o autor nos convida a refletir sobre as nuances das relações humanas e a subjetividade da percepção. O livro físico, impresso em português, é uma excelente adição à sua coleção literária. Com uma apresentação cuidadosa, suas páginas trazem a beleza da escrita de Assis, permitindo que vo... continue
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Dom Casmurro by Machado de Assis EN
Country: South America / Brazil
Brazil
Description:
A classic story of love and jealousy, Dom Casmurro is the story of Bento and his childhood love, Capitu, who overcome their parents' reluctance to marry. But Bento jealously suspects that their son is not his. But beyond this straightforward plot, Machado plays with the reader's expectations and comments on the structure of the story, blurring the line between fiction and reality and appearing very modern.
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Las memorias póstumas de Blas Cubas by Machado de Assis ES
Country: South America / Brazil
Brazil
Description:
El fallecido Blas Cubas cuenta toda su vida desde su nacimiento hasta su muerte en un estilo innovador y sin precedentes hasta entonces. Cuenta sus amores frustrados con Marcela y Virgília, su intento de ingresar a la vida política y su búsqueda de darle sentido a su vida siguiendo la fallida filosofía de Quincas Borba.
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O alienista by Machado de Assis PT
Country: South America / Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Com quantos doidos se faz uma cidadezinha? É o que está prestes a investigar o ilustre Dr. Simão Bacamarte, renomado médico com estudos no exterior, que funda na vila de Itaguaí a Casa Verde, instituto onde pretende estudar e tratar todos os que sofrem de transtornos mentais. Todo tipo de gente é enviado aos cuidados do doutor, que passa também a enxergar em seus vizinhos e conhecidos o perigoso traço da loucura.
Obstinado e fatalmente fiel à ciência, o médico não permitirá que nada – nem a popul... continue
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The Collected Stories of Machado de Assis by Machado De Assis EN
Country: South America / Brazil
Brazil
Description:
New York Times Critics’ Best of the Year A landmark event, the complete stories of Machado de Assis finally appear in English for the first time in this extraordinary new translation. Widely acclaimed as the progenitor of twentieth-century Latin American fiction, Machado de Assis (1839–1908)—the son of a mulatto father and a washerwoman, and the grandson of freed slaves—was hailed in his lifetime as Brazil’s greatest writer. His prodigious output of novels, plays, and stories rivaled contemporaries like Chekhov, Flaubert, and Maupassant, but, shockingly, he was barely translated into English u... continue
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The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas : A Novel by Machado de Assis EN
Country: South America / Brazil
Brazil
Description:
"Famous in his lifetime and still revered throughout Latin America, Machado de Assis has remained little known in the English-speaking world. By turns flippant and profound, The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas is the story of an unheroic man with half-hearted political ambitions, a harebrained idea for curing the world of melancholy, and a thousand quixotic theories unleashed from beyond the grave. It is a novel that has influenced generations of Latin American writers but remains refreshingly and unforgettably unlike anything written before or after it."--BOOK JACKET.
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The Psychiatrist, and Other Stories by Machado de Assis EN
Country: South America / Brazil
Brazil
Description:
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1963.
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