The Collected Stories of Machado de Assis

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.

About the author

Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839–1908) was born in Rio de Janeiro and is the groundbreaking author of such works as Dom Casmurro and The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas.Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson have translated the work of Lúcio Cardoso, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, and Clarice Lispector, among others. They live in England.

Summary

A landmark event, the complete stories of Machado de Assis appear in English for the first time in this extraordinary new translation.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Wood, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Machado De Assis
• Assisted by: Michael Wood (Foreword), Margaret Jull Costa (Translation), Robin Patterson (Translation), Costa Margaret Jull (Translation), Patterson Robin (Translation)
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 13.07.2018
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature
• EAN: 9780871404961
• ISBN: 978-0-87140-496-1
• Illustrations: 6 illustratoins; Map
• Dimensions (packing): 16.8 x 24.4 x 5.1 cm
• Weight (packing): 1,300 g
• Subjects: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); FICTION / Short Stories (single author); Short Stories; Fiction in translation; Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary