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Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis

Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839–1908) was born in Rio de Janeiro and, as well as his seven short-story collections, wrote such groundbreaking novels as Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas, Dom Casmurro, Quincas Borba and The Alienist.

Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis

Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839–1908) was born in Rio de Janeiro and, as well as his seven short-story collections, wrote such groundbreaking novels as Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas, Dom Casmurro, Quincas Borba and The Alienist.

Books by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis

Quincas Borba: A Novel
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Margaret Jull Costa, Robin Patterson
E Book
A vibrant new translation of Machado de Assis's classic novel about a young man flush with newfound wealth, who promptly gets swindled
Dom Casmurro: A Novel
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Margaret Jull Costa, Robin Patterson
Paperback, 2024
A masterpiece of realism, Machado de Assis’s Dom Casmurro probes the mind of a distrustful husband with delusions of grandeur