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  • Quincas Borba

    by Machado de Assis ...
    Quincas Borba is a brilliant and darkly ironic novel by Machado de Assis, one of Brazil's most celebrated literary masters. Blending sharp social satire with profound psychological insight, this unforgettable story explores ambition, illusion, greed, and the fragile boundaries between sanity and madness. At the heart of the novel is Rubião, a modest schoolteacher whose life takes an unexpected ... Read more

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  • A Lady

    by Machado de Assis ...
    In "A Lady", Machado de Assis explores Mrs. Camila's struggle against time, vanity and aging. Obsessed with maintaining her youth, she refuses to accept the signs of aging, even as her daughter, Ernestina, grows into an adult. As her daughter seeks to marry and start a family, Ms. Camila faces the dilemma of giving up her own beauty and accepting old age. ... 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

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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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  • Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas

    A Novel

    by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis ...
    Translated by Margaret Jull Costa, Robin Patterson ...
    “Is it possible that the most modern, most startlingly avant-garde novel to appear this year was originally published in 1881?”—Parul Sehgal, New York TimesNow considered a progenitor of South American fiction, Machado de Assis’s highly experimental novel is finally rendered as a stunningly contemporary work. Narrating from beyond the grave, Brás Cubas—an enigmatic, amusing and frequently ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Dom Casmurro

    A Novel

    by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis ...
    Translated by Margaret Jull Costa, Robin Patterson ...
    A masterpiece of realism, Machado de Assis’s Dom Casmurro probes the mind of a distrustful husband with delusions of grandeur.Originally published in 1899, Dom Casmurro is widely considered to be Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis’s masterpiece and a progenitor of twentieth-century Latin American fiction. This exuberant new translation captures all the hilarious, maddening, and utterly compelling ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Quincas Borba

    by Machado de Assis ...
    Rubião achou um rival no coração de Quincas Borba, — um cão, um bonito cão, meio tamanho, pêlo cor de chumbo, malhado de preto. Quincas Borba levava-o para toda parte, dormiam no mesmo quarto. De manhã, era o cão que acordava o senhor, trepando ao leito, onde trocavam as primeiras saudações. Uma das extravagâncias do dono foi dar-lhe o seu próprio nome; mas, explicava-o por dous motivos, um ... 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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  • The Devil's Church

    Literatura

    by Machado de Assis, Leonardo Fróes ...
    Translated by Carlo Carrenho ...
    Series series Short Stories
    "The greatest writer ever produced in Latin America."Susan Sontag, writer and activist"The supreme black literary artist to date."Harold Bloom, literary criticThe Devil's Church ( A Igreja do Diabo) is a masterful short story from Brazil's most celebrated writer, Machado de Assis, originally published in 1883. In this wickedly clever satirical tale, the Devil himself decides to establish his own ... 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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  • Rubble

    A Novel

    by Seraj Assi ...
    Entombed in darkness with no hope of rescue, he must navigate the thin edge between life and death using only his hearing, sense of smell, and the volatile power of his imagination. Above him a genocide unfolds. Below, in his fragile pocket of air, he begins to witness it in ways no unburied survivor ever could. As hours blur into days, hallucination and reality weave together. Memories seep ... Read more

    $9.09 CAD

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  • Dom Casmurro

    by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis ...
    Translated by John A. Gledson ...
    Series series Library of Latin America
    Like other great nineteenth century novels--The Scarlet Letter, Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary--Machado de Assis's Dom Casmurro explores the themes of marriage and adultery. But what distinguishes Machado's novel and what makes it such a delightful discovery for English-speaking readers, is its eccentric and wildly unpredictable narrative style. As he recounts the events of his life from the vantage ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD