Joaquim Machado de Assis: Stories Balkans "I can assure you that

"I can assure you that no movie will ever achieve the speed of prose

he will win the Nobel Prize" - Jose Saramago

that their heads are only "ever-enlarging hearts

but they do so in intricate

Presenting itself as an investigation into the suicide of a close friend—perhaps real

Joaquim Machado de Assis: Stories Balkans "I can assure you thatFeaturing ten stories never before translated, dating from 1878 to 1886 (regarded as Joaquim Machado de Assis's most radically experimental period), this selection of short fiction by Brazil's greatest author ranges in tone from elegiac and philosophical to impishly ironic. Featuring ten stories never before translated, dating from 1878 to 1886 (regarded as Joaquim Machado de Assis's most radically experimental period), this selection of short fiction