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1	The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas more books like this by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria Machado De Assis, Gilberto Pinheiro Passos (Editor) add to wishlist Newly translated by Gregory Rabassa and superbly edited by Enylton de Sa Rego and Gilberto Pinheiro Passos, this Library of Latin America edition brings to English-speaking readers a literary delight of the highest order. see all copies from $12.20! new only from $18.98!
2	Dom Casmurro more books like this by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Maria M De Assis, Joaquim Maria Machado De Assis add to wishlist This crisp new translation by John Gledson is the only complete, unabridged, and annotated edition available of one of the most distinctive novels of the turn of the century. see all copies from $2.24! new only from $11.92! \| SVS
3	Philosopher or Dog more books like this by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.52! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Dom Casmurro more books like this by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria Machado De Assis, Robert L Scott-Buccleuch (Translator) add to wishlist Originally published in 1900, this novel is about a lawyer who is tormented by suspicions of his wife, despite the happiness of his marriage. Widely considered to be one of Machado's masterpieces, it relishes the ambiguity of the situation, and the difficulty of knowing the truth about another human being. see all copies from $3.25! new only from $11.96! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Devil's Church and Other Stories more books like this by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis add to wishlist see all copies from $5.58! new only from $26.33! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Esau and Jacob more books like this by Joaquim Maria Machado De Assis, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Carlos Felipe Moises (Editor) add to wishlist Esau and Jacob is the last of Machado de Assis's four great novels. At one level it is the story of twin brothers in love with the same woman and her inability to choose between them. At another level, it is the story of Brazil itself, caught between the traditional and the modern, and between the monarchical and republican ideals. Instead of a ... see all copies from $3.73! new only from $30.39! \| first editions
7	Epitaph of a Small Winner more books like this by Machado de Assis, William L Grossman (Translator), Susan Sontag (Foreword by) add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $2.63! \| first editions
8	Counselor Ayres' Memorial more books like this by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $28.28! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Epitaph of a Small Winner more books like this by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Susan Sontag (Foreword by) add to wishlist "I am a deceased writer not in the sense of one who has written and is now deceased, but in the sense of one who had died and is now writing." So begins the posthumous memoir of Braz Cubas, a wealthy nineteenth-century Brazilian. Though the grave has given Cubas the distance to examine his rather undistinguished life, it has not dampened his sense ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
10	Dom Casmurro more books like this by Machado de Assis add to wishlist Originally published in 1900, this novel is about a lawyer who is tormented by suspicions of his wife, despite the happiness of his marriage. Widely considered to be one of Machado's masterpieces, it relishes the ambiguity of the situation, and the difficulty of knowing the truth about another human being. see all copies from $3.40! new only from $11.87! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Epitaph of a small winner more books like this by Machado de Assis add to wishlist This is the posthumous memoir of Braz Cubas, a wealthy 19th-century Brazilian. Though the grave has given Cubas the distance to examine his rather undistinguished life, it has not dampened his sense of humour. Machado de Assis is the author of "Don Cosmurro" and "Philosopher or Dog?" see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.38! \| first editions
12 view cover	Philosopher or dog? more books like this by Machado de Assis add to wishlist The rich and eccentric philosopher Quincas Borbas names his dog after himself because he knows his pet will outlive him. Quincas does die first, leaving his fortune to his friend Rube provided that he takes care for the dog. The dim-witted friend is hardly prepared for the life that awaits him. see all copies from $9.75! new only from $22.51! \| first editions
13 view cover	Helena more books like this by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis add to wishlist In 1850 Rio de Janeiro, Estacio tries to uncover the mysterious past of Helena, his presumed half sister, who has been brought to the family home and with whom he falls in love. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.99! \| first editions
14	Dom Casmurro more books like this by Machado de Assis, Adriano da Gama Kury add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $81.19! \| first editions
15 view cover	Quincas Borba more books like this by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria Machado De Assis, David T Haberly (Editor) add to wishlist In this metafictional novel, a young man named Rubiao has for his mentor a mad philosopher, who he comes to believe has been reincarnated in the soul of his dog. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $33.48! \| first editions
16	Dom Casmurro more books like this by Helen Caldwell (Translator), Joaquim Maria Machado De Assis add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! SVS
17 view cover	The Wager more books like this by Machado de Assis, Kenneth G Chapman (Translator) add to wishlist Brazil's finest novelist completed "The Wager in the very last year of his life (1839-1908). Returning to his native Rio de Janeiro after many years abroad, Aires is captivated by a young widow, Fidelia Noronha, whom he sees praying at her husband's graveside. Her charm and the tragic story of her brief marriage increase his fascination, and soon ... see all copies from $10.98! new only from $35.82!
18	Wager more books like this by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria Machado De Assis, Robert L Scott-Buccleuch (Translator) add to wishlist Set in Rio de Janeiro on the eve of the abolition of slavery in 1888, this tells the poignant story of an elderly diplomat captivated by a beautiful young widow. Imbued with autumnal sadness, it shrewdly and ironically portrays a man coming to terms with the passing of the world he knows, and with his own old age and death. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
19	Iaia Garcia more books like this by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria Machado De Assis, Albert I Bagby (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $4.24! first editions
20	Memorial de Aires by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis add to wishlist see all copies from $9.60! new only from $20.97!
21 view cover	Don Casmurro more books like this by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Machado de Assis, Robert L Scott-Buccleuch (Introduction by) add to wishlist Bentinho Santiago, cosseted only child of a rich widow, lives next door to Capitu, the daughter of a lowly government official. As the years pass, childhood friendship turns to adolescent love, but Bentinho's mother made a vow before his birth - her son is to become a priest. see all copies from $2.49!
22 view cover	The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria Machado De Assis, Gilberto Pinheiro Passos (Editor) add to wishlist Machado de Assis is considered a pre-eminent writer in Brazil, but his work has only recently become known to the English-speaking world. This translation of a work first published in 1881 is intended to bring his sardonic wit and keen appreciation of human foibles to a much larger audience. see all copies from $6.79!
23 view cover	Memrias Pstumas de Bras Cubas more books like this by Machado de Assis add to wishlist One of the greatest novels of Brazilian Literature, Memrias Pstumas de Brs Cubas is narrated by a dead man who recounts the amorous misadventures of his unheroic life and explains his half-hearted political ambitions. While it is considered the first novel of Brazilian realism, its quirks seem refreshingly modern and make it unforgettably unlike ... see all copies from $11.87! new only from $11.87! \| SVS
24 view cover	Brazilian Tales (Dodo Press) more books like this by Coelho Netto, Carmen Dolores, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis add to wishlist A collection of tales by four popular Brazilian authors: Henrique Maximiano Coelho Netto (1864-1934) was a writer, politician, and professor; Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, often known as Machado de Assis or Machado, (1839-1908) was a Brazilian realist novelist, poet and short-story writer. His works had a great influence on Brazilian literary ... see all copies from $9.97! new only from $9.97! \| SVS
25	Yayá Garcia : a novel more books like this by Machado de Assis add to wishlist see all copies from $19.80! new only from $99.00!

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