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The Collected Stories of Machado de Assis

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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.


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
 

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