Books by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis

This new translation of a classic Brazilian novel, originally published in 1900, includes an informative introduction and notes by John Gledson, which set the novel in its historical context.

This "watershed collection" (The Wall Street Journal) now appears in a selected paperback edition with twenty-six of Machado's finest stories.

The stories in this volume reflect Machado's post-1880 emphasis on social satire and experimentation in psychological realism.

"Esau and Jacob" is the last of Machado de Assis's four great novels. At one level, the story of Brazil itself, it is the story of twin brothers in love with the same woman. Assis presents a study of the doubts and insecurities of the human condition, rather than an heroic bible fable.