{"title":"Machado de Assis","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"memorias-postumas-de-bras-cubas-edicao-de-bolso","title":"Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas (Pocket Edition)","description":"Machado de Assis was around 50 years old when he began writing Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas (Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas), which is considered the first novel of the realist movement in Brazil. Brás Cubas, a decadent aristocrat who has already died, decides to write his autobiography and revisits his childhood and other episodes of his life. In a caustic tone, the deceased narrator breaks with the linear and objective narrative through digression and uses irony to portray and criticize Rio de Janeiro society at the end of the 19th century. With its bold style and language, Machado de Assis's realism presents characteristics that foreshadowed modernism, a landmark movement in the history of Brazilian literature. Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas (1881) is part of Machado de Assis's \"mature phase,\" along with the novels Quincas Borba (1891) and Dom Casmurro (1899). Dom Casmurro is also available from BestBolso, which also published the previously unpublished 40 contoscolhidos (40 chosen tales), a collection that appeals to both young and experienced readers.","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159323623676,"sku":"9788577991761","price":49.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/f54687fd2634fa6b988f942a3341c8a9.jpg?v=1778321171"},{"product_id":"seis-contos-escolhidos-e-comentados-por-jose-mindlin","title":"Six short stories selected and commented by José Mindlin","description":"This book offers a unique encounter in which Brazil's greatest bibliophile selects and discusses—in an interview with journalist Manuel da Costa Pinto—his favorite short stories by Brazil's most celebrated literary figure: \"The Fortune Teller,\" \"Midnight Mass,\" \"Uns armas,\" \"Primas de Sapucaia!\", \"Um homem célebre,\" and \"O enfermeiro\"—all of which are presented in their entirety. Six short stories by Machado de Assis, published on the centenary of the author's death, selected and commented on by José Mindlin, is another release in the Sabor Literário collection from José Olympio, which presents Brazilian readers with little gems from the great authors of world literature.","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174838223100,"sku":"9788503009966","price":49.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/a108a08f8541b76c45828d5ca25783d6_89640330-b13e-4d2f-9ff8-a91deef6e310.jpg?v=1778326311"},{"product_id":"dom-casmurro-edicao-de-bolso","title":"Dom Casmurro (pocket edition)","description":"\" \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePocket edition of one of the greatest works of Brazilian literature of all time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Dom Casmurro is a classic work of Brazilian Realism and one of Machado de Assis's most famous. It is Machado de Assis's most studied, commented on, and discussed novel—which is to say, one of the most studied in Brazilian literature. Originally published in 1899, the book tells the story of Bentinho and Capitu, from their childhood romance to their marriage plagued by jealousy and the doubt that became a literary controversy: Did Capitu cheat on her husband with his best friend, Escobar? The events are narrated by Bentinho, who recalls episodes from his life as an old man.\u003c\/p\u003e \"","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176185086204,"sku":"9788577991716","price":39.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/643b13a131eee3f4366704fcae90703a.jpg?v=1778322400"},{"product_id":"contos","title":"Stories","description":"Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839-1908), the most admired author of all, wrote novels such as *Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas* and *Dom Casmurro*, among other masterpieces of Brazilian and international literature. However, it is in the short story that he epitomizes his greatest qualities as a writer. This anthology contains some of Machado de Assis's best short stories, all from his most mature period, in which we can perceive the characteristic that consecrated his style: the use of irony, which not only reveals a skeptical spirit in the face of reality but also is effective as a literary stance, capable of identifying a storyteller who distances himself from what he tells and keeps the reader equally at a distance.","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176277524732,"sku":"9788577530861","price":24.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/3bb3223a976a7d542b03de514b9229bb_604bdbc0-8e3a-4b7d-a775-7df326f72bf4.jpg?v=1778326155"},{"product_id":"40-contos-escolhidos-edicao-de-bolso","title":"40 Selected Stories (Paperback Edition)","description":"Machado de Assis wrote and published nearly 200 short stories. Choosing 40 for this anthology is no easy task. This collection reveals the great Brazilian writer, whose main output dates from the final decades of the 19th century and demonstrates his potential as an excellent observer of the human soul and the urban society of Rio de Janeiro, then the country's capital. Professor and writer Mário Feijó selected stories that appeal to both young and experienced readers. Acclaimed texts are essential, but we've also gathered several lesser-known narratives, where Machado's irony delves into the subtleties of human nature. This collection includes the following stories: • The Wallet • Some Arms • The Gold Watch • Three Lost Treasures • The Turkish Slipper • Admiral's Night • Husband Issues • Home, Not Home • The Sainete • Midnight Mass • School Story • The Case of the Stick • A Lady • D. 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