- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; First Edition edition (1 Sep 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0747594619
- ISBN-13: 978-0747594611
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 748,838 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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`Slyly comic, full of surprises, always hinting at more than they quite say, these twenty bewitching stories from Brazil's 19th century master will bring new admirers to a writer who - despite his European links - has a voice all his own. Doubles and disguises fill deftly witty yarns' --Boyd Tonkin
`Machado de Assis is generally considered the greatest ever Brazilian writer ... Machado demonstrates an eye for the clinching detail, a mastery of the short-story form, and the sensitivity and comprehension of a genuine artist'
--Daily Telegraph
`Slyly comic, full of surprises, always hinting at more than they quite say, these twenty bewitching stories from Brazil's 19th century master will bring new admirers to a writer who - despite his European links - has a voice all his own. Doubles and disguises fill deftly witty yarns' --Boyd Tonkin
`Machado de Assis is generally considered the greatest ever Brazilian writer ... Machado demonstrates an eye for the clinching detail, a mastery of the short-story form, and the sensitivity and comprehension of a genuine artist'
--Daily Telegraph
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`That his stories continue to surprise, amuse and disturb 100 years after his death is a tribute to his enduring genius.'
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