Ex cathedra : stories /
Machado de Assis,1839-1908,author.
Cheney, Glenn Alan,editor.
Tanure, Luciana,editor.
Kopit, Rachel,editor.
Includes 21 stories, most never published in English before, translated by 16 literary translators from Brazil, the United States, England, and Portugal.
Translators include Laura Cade Brown, Krista Brune, David George, Linda Ledford-Miller, Ana Lessa, Nelson López Rojas, John Maddox, Adam Morris, Rex P. Nielson, Leila Osman, Marissel Hernández Romero, Steven K. Smith, Lisandra Sousa, Luciana Tanure, and Nelson Vieira
Includes glossary.
From Papéis Avulsos, 1882. A Visit by Alcibiades ; The Loan -- From Histórias Sem Data, 1884. Nuptial Song ; The Academies of Siam ; The Second Life ; A Lady ; Pecuniary Anecdote ; Fulano ; Ex Cathedra ; Galvão's Lady ; Manuscript of a Sacristan -- From Várias Histórias, 1896. Canon or Metaphysics of Style ; Among Saints ; Trio in A Minor ; Live! -- From Páginas Recolhidas, 1899. An Errant ; Xerxes' Tears ; Old Papers -- From Relíquias de Casa Velha, 1906. A Captain of Volunteers ;  Cabriolet Anecdote ; Maria Cora.
Machado de Assis, 1839-1908