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by Joaquim Maria Machado De Assis (Author), Machado de Assis (Author), Clotilde Wilson (Translator)
The intellectual invention here, the worldly perception, the ultimate resignation- all give this its special interest for a special market which the earlier book will have indicated. - Kirkus Reviews
Author Biography
Machado de Assis (1839-1908) is considered one of Brazil's greatest novelists.