This crisp new translation by John Gledson is the only complete, unabridged, and annotated edition available of one of the most distinctive novels of the turn of the century.[...]

The stories in this volume reflect Machado's post-1880 emphasis on social satire and experimentation in psychological realism. 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. Collecti[...]

'I am a deceased writer not in the sense of one who has written and is now deceased, but in the sense of one who has died and is now writing'. So begins the posthumous memoir of Braz Cubas, a wealthy nineteenth-century Brazilian. While the grave may have given Cubas the distance to examine his rathe[...]

Widely acclaimed as a progenitor of twentieth-century Latin American fiction, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839-1908), the son of a mulatto father and a washerwoman, was hailed in his lifetime as Brazil's greatest writer. His prodigious output of novels, plays, and stories rivaled contemporaries [...]

Featuring ten stories never before translated, dating from 1878--1886, his most radically experimental period, this selection of short fiction by Brazil's greatest author ranges in tone from elegiac to philosophical to impishly ironic. Including Machado's classic essay on world literature -- also ap[...]

A classic work of literature by "the greatest author ever produced in Latin America." (Susan Sontag)
Brilliant physician Simao Bacamarte sacrifices a prestigious career to return home and dedicate himself to the budding field of psychology. Bacamarte opens the first asylum in Brazil hoping to c[...]

Som så mange andre store romaner fra 1800-tallet, utforsker Dom Casmurro temaene ekteskap, utroskap og sjalusi. Det særegne ved Machados roman, og det som gjør den til en så stor leseopplevelse, er dens eksentriske og vilt uforutsigbare språk og form. Når den aldrende Dom Casmurro av kjedsomhe[...]