Machado de Assis

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The Looking-Glass: Essential StoriesPaperback, 13 December 2022

The Looking-Glass: Essential Stories
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Part of Series
Essential Stories
Print Length
224 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Pushkin Collection
Date Published
13 Dec 2022
ISBN-10
1782278079
ISBN-13
9781782278078

Description

Enchanting, fresh translations of the finest stories by Brazil's greatest writer and author of short stories, cited as the greatest black writer in Western literature

"Machado de Assis showed the human comedy is the same everywhere, and in conflicts between man and society, society usually wins." --The New Yorker

Machado de Assis is one of the most enigmatic and fascinating story writers who ever lived. What appear at first to be stately social satires reveal unanticipated depths through flashes of darkness and winking surrealism. This new selection of his finest work, translated by the prize-winning Daniel Hahn, showcases the many facets of his mercurial genius.

A brilliant scientist opens the first asylum in his home town, only to start finding signs of insanity all around him. A young lieutenant basks in praise, but in solitude feels his identity fray into nothing. The reading of a much-loved elder statesman's journals reveals hidden thoughts of merciless cruelty.

This beautiful new collection of fresh translations offers the perfect gathering of his most beloved stories:

The Fortune-Teller

The Posthumous Portrait Gallery

The Loan

The Tale of the Cabriolet

The Stick

The Secret Cause

The Canon, or Metaphysics of Style

The Alienist

The Looking-Glass

Midnight Mass

Product Details

Author:
Machado de Assis
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
GB
Date Published:
13 December 2022
Dimensions:
16.26 x 11.68 x 2.03 cm
Genre:
Latin America
ISBN-10:
1782278079
ISBN-13:
9781782278078
Language:
English
Pages:
224
Weight:
204.12 gm

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