num_pages: 212
description: An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.Featuring ten stories never before translated dating from 1878 to 1886 (regarded as Joaquim Machado de Assiss most radically experimental period) this selection of short fiction by Brazils greatest author ranges in tone from elegiac and philosophical to impishly ironic. Including the authors classic essay on world literaturealso appearing in English for the first timeand with pieces chosen from his vast body of work for their playfulness pathos and stylistic subversion this collection is an ideal introduction to one of world literatures greatest talents. (Brazilian Literature Series)The Psychiatrist;The Immortal;The Dictionary;The Academies of Siam;The Priest or The Metaphysics of Style;To live!;Ex Cathedra;Voyage Around Myself;A Lady;Trio in A Minor;Wedding Song;A Visit From Alcibiades;On The Ark: Three (Undiscovered) Chapters from the Book of Genesis.
language: English
title: Stories
publisher: Dalkey Archive Press