Machado De Assis

Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (2005)

Strangely fascinating. I am no expert in literature and only started reading "serious" fiction works a couple of years back in my quest to read all those works included in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die by Dr. Boxall.Therefore, at first, I did not know how to react to this kind of litera...

The Psychiatrist & Other Stories (2000)

Machado very much like Pessoa is succinct at surfacing underpinning motives flourished by societies moors and contradictions. My favourite stories were The Psychiatrist, Education of a Stuffed Shirt and The Looking Glass. One of my favourite passages from the book ..."Sleep, real sleep was anothe...

Várias histórias (2016)