The Looking Glass
eBook - ePub

The Looking Glass

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Looking Glass

About this book

Enchanting fresh translations of the finest stories by the great Brazilian author Machado de Assis

'The greatest writer ever produced in Latin America' Susan Sontag

Machado de Assis is one of the most enigmatic and fascinating story writers who ever lived. What seem at first to be stately social satires reveal unanticipated depths through hints of darkness and winking surrealism. This new selection of his finest work, translated by the prize-winning Daniel Hahn, showcases the many facets of his mercurial genius.

A brilliant scientist opens the first asylum in his home town, only to start finding signs of insanity all around him. A young lieutenant basks in praise of his new position, but in solitude feels his identity fray into nothing. The reading of a much-loved, respected elder statesman's journals reveals hidden thoughts of merciless cruelty.

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Information

Publisher
Pushkin Press
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9781782278078
eBook ISBN
9781782278085
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Classics
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Contents
  3. The Fortune-Teller
  4. The Posthumous Portrait Gallery
  5. The Loan
  6. The Tale of the Cabriolet
  7. The Stick
  8. The Secret Cause
  9. The Canon, or Metaphysics of Style
  10. The Alienist
  11. The Looking-Glass
  12. Midnight Mass
  13. Machado De Assis
  14. Translator’s Note
  15. Copyright

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