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  • The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas

    by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis ...
    Dive into the whirlwind life and afterlife of Brás Cubas, a man who decides to tell his story from beyond the grave. The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas is not your typical ghost story but a daring, humorous, and profoundly introspective journey through the eyes of a deceased narrator. This groundbreaking novel by Machado de Assis, a titan of Brazilian literature, blends dark comedy, ... Read more

    $4.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas

    by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Flora Thomson-DeVeaux ...
    Translated by Flora Thomson-DeVeaux ...
    **"One of the wittiest, most playful, and . . . most alive and ageless books ever written." --Dave Eggers, The New YorkerA revelatory new translation of the playful, incomparable masterpiece of one of the greatest Black authors in the AmericasA Penguin Classic**The mixed-race grandson of ex-slaves, Machado de Assis is not only Brazil's most celebrated writer but also a writer of world stature, who ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Captain Mendonça

    by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis ...
    "I felt an acute pain in the top part of my skull; a foreign object went in to the inside of my brain. I know nothing else. I think I fainted. When I came to, the laboratory was empty. Father and daughter had disappeared. I had the impression there was a curtain in front of me. A loud and hoarse voice resounded in my ears."Genre: short storyTranslated from Portuguese (Brazil) by Juan LePuenLength: ... Read more

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  • The Alienist

    by Machado de Assis ...
    In "The Alienist", renowned physician Dr. Simão Bacamarte decides to found an asylum in the small town of Itaguaí to study madness. However, his obsessive quest to define sanity leads to the hospitalization of increasingly normal citizens—and the town is plunged into chaos. Machado de Assis brilliant satire questions the boundaries between reason and madness, power and science. ... Read more

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  • The Posthumous Memoirs Of Brás Cubas

    by Machado De Assis ...
    Dive into the whirlwind life and afterlife of Brás Cubas, a man who decides to tell his story from beyond the grave. The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas is not your typical ghost story but a daring, humorous, and profoundly introspective journey through the eyes of a deceased narrator. This groundbreaking novel by Machado de Assis, a titan of Brazilian literature, blends dark comedy, ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dom Casmurro by Machado de Assis

    by Machado de Assis ...
    Dom Casmurro by Machado de Assis: Enter the world of Brazilian literature with "Dom Casmurro" by Machado de Assis. This classic novel explores themes of love, jealousy, and the complexities of human relationships. Assis's narrative prowess and intricate storytelling make this work a masterpiece of Brazilian literature. ... Read more

    $1.36 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas

    by Machado de Assis ...
    Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas é um romance escrito por Machado de Assis, e publicado em 1882.O livro retrata a escravidão, as classes sociais, o cientificismo e o positivismo da época, chegando a criar, inclusive, uma nova filosofia — mais bem desenvolvida posteriormente em Quincas Borba (1891) — o Humanitismo, sátira à lei do mais forte. Críticos escrevem que, com esse romance, Machado de Assis ... Read more

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  • The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas

    Machado de Assis

    by Machado de Assis ...
    Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839 – 1908) was a writer considered by many critics, scholars, writers, and readers to be the greatest name in Brazilian literature. Machado de Assis left a very extensive body of work, the result of half a century of literary labor, which includes plays, poetry, prologues, critiques, speeches, more than two hundred short stories, and several novels. "The ... Read more

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  • Midnight Mass and Other Stories

    by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis ...
    Brazilian Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis was the finest storyteller of nineteenth-century Latin America. "Midnight Mass and Other Stories" offers a selection of Machado's tales, from the oft-translated and sly erotic title story, a classic of Brazilian literature, to such brief ironic tales, not previously translated into English, as "A Game," "Coimbra the Clerk," and "Sooner the Tarpeian Rock." ... Read more

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  • The Alienist and Other Stories

    by Machado de Assis ...
    In "The Alienist and Other Stories", Machado de Assis turns everyday life into an enigma and irony into a lens. The stories gathered here reveal characters shaped by quiet ambitions, persistent illusions, and truths that slip in through the cracks. With subtle humor and a gaze that loses neither tenderness nor sharpness, the author dismantles habits, exposes contradictions, and invites the reader ... Read more

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  • Dom Casmurro

    by Machado de Assis ...
    Series series COLLECTION GREAT BRAZILIAN WRITERS
    Dom Casmurro is more than a novel; it is the relentless mirror of the human soul and the quintessential landmark of Brazilian Realism. Under the brilliant pen of Machado de Assis, we delve into the "Memoirs" of Bento Santiago, the melancholic and reclusive Dom Casmurro, who attempts to "tie up the two ends of his life" by recounting his youth on Rua de Mata-cavalos. The work is constructed as a ... Read more

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  • Dom Casmurro

    by Machado de Assis ...
    Dom Casmurro is a timeless masterpiece of Brazilian literature that explores love, jealousy, memory, and the fragile nature of truth. Written by Machado de Assis, one of the greatest literary figures of the 19th century, this psychological novel invites readers into the introspective and unreliable mind of its narrator, Bento Santiago. The story unfolds as Bento, now an aging and solitary man, ... Read more

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