The Collected Stories of Machado de Assis

by Michael Wood (Author), Margaret Jull Costa (Author), Michael Wood (Author), Margaret Jull Costa (Author), Michael Wood (Author), Joaquim Maria M De Assis (Author), Margaret Jull Costa (Author), Robin Patterson (Author)

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Deckle Edge
2018
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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 translation combines all his short-story collections appearing in his lifetime and reintroduces de Assis as a literary giant who must be integrated into the world literary canon.

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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 translation combines all his short-story collections appearing in his lifetime and reintroduces de Assis as a literary giant who must be integrated into the world literary canon.

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Format: Deckle Edge
Pages: 960
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Liveright
Published: 14 Aug 2018
ISBN 10: 0871404966
ISBN 13: 9780871404961

Media Reviews

To Machado, your identity and the contours of your world are formed not just by your circumstances but by what you think about habitually. You are what you contemplate, so choose wisely. These stories are a spectacular place to start. -- The New York Times

Author Bio

Machado De Assis, the grandson of ex-slaves, was born in Rio de Janeiro and wrote Philosopher or Dog?, among other novels and short-story collections. The peerless translator Margaret Jull Costa has won countless prizes for her translations from the Portuguese and Spanish. Robin Patterson has translated Luandino Vieira and lives in England.