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In these memoirs, Braz Cubas, a wealthy nineteenth-century Brazilian, examines (from beyond the grave) his rather undistinguished life in 160 short chapters that are filled with philosophical digressions and exuberant insights. A clear forerunner of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Jorge Luis Borges, "Epitaph for a Small Winner, " first published in 1880, is one of the wittiest self-portraits in literary history as well as "one of the masterpieces o...

Isaac Goldberg translated this 1921 collection of Brazilian Tales. Stories included are The Attendant¿s Confession by Joaquim Maria Machado De Assis, The Fortune Teller by Joaquim Maria Machado De Assis, Life by Joaquim Maria Machado De Assis, and The Vengeance of Felix by Joaquim Maria Machado De Assis. Also included are The Pigeons by Coelho Netto and Aunt Zeze¿s Tears by Carmen Dolores.

FICTION / General

A stunning novel by one of Brazil's greatest writers. Like other great 19th-century novels, Machado de Assis's DOM CASMURRO explores the themes of marriage and adultery. But what distinguishes Machado's novel from the realism of its contemporaries, and what makes it such a delightful discovery for English-speaking readers, is its eccentric and wildly unpredictable narrative style--a literary genius of the rarest kind.

In this classic of South American literature, Aires returns home to his native, Rio after many years abroad and is captivated by a young widow whom he sees praying at her husband's graveside. Her charm and the tragic story of her brief marriage increase his fascination, and soon he is indulging in impossible dreams. But the Brazil that Aires remembers from his youth is changing fast. A new era is dawning with events such as the coming of the r...