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Originally published in 1899, Dom Casmurro is widely considered to be Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis's masterpiece and a progenitor of twentieth-century Latin American fiction. This exuberant new translation captures all the hilarious, maddening, and utterly compelling idiosyncrasies... Read Full Overview

Omeros is the grand epic poem told in multiple chapters from Nobel Prize-winning poet and playwright Derek Walcott.

This is an extraordinary tale of life aboard what may be one of the last American merchant ships. As the story begins, Andy Chase, who holds a license as a second mate is looking for a ship. In less than ten years, the United States Merchant Marine has shrunk from more than... Read Full Overview

First published in 1900, Dom Casmurro, widely considered Machado de Assis's greatest novel and a classic of Brazilian literature, is a brilliant retelling of the classic adultery tale--a sad and darkly comic novel about love and the corrosive power of jealousy.... Read Full Overview

Dom Casmurro ? o romance mais famoso de Machado de Assis, o mestre da literatura brasileira no s?culo XIX. Este livro ? uma vers?o completa desse romance fant?stico, que conta as desventuras de Bentinho e Capitu.//Dom Casmurro is the most well known novel by Machado de Assis,... Read Full Overview

With its inspired counterpointing of Homeric and Caribbean themes, Derek Walcott's play The Odyssey, commissioned by Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company, springs from the same imaginative sources as his epic poem Omeros.

" The Odyssey features... Read Full Overview

Originally published in 1899, Dom Casmurro is widely considered to be Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis's masterpiece and a progenitor of twentieth-century Latin American fiction. This exuberant new translation captures all the hilarious, maddening, and utterly compelling idiosyncrasies... Read Full Overview

"A palm tree, seeing me troubled and divining the cause, murmured in its branches that there was nothing wrong with fifteen-year old boys getting into corners with girls of fourteen; quite the contrary, youths of that age have no other function, and corners were made for that... Read Full Overview

Dom Casmurro um romance escrito por Machado de Assis em 1899. Foi escrito para sair diretamente em livro, o que ocorreu em 1900, embora com data do ano anterior. Completa a "trilogia realista" de Machado de Assis, ao lado de Mem rias P stumas de Br s Cubas e Quincas Borba,... Read Full Overview

Uma noite destas, vindo da cidade para o Engenho Novo, encontrei no trem da Central um rapaz aqui do bairro, que eu conhe o de vista e de chap o. Comprimentou-me, sentou-se ao p de mim, falou da lua e dos ministros, e acabou recitando-me versos. A viagem era curta, e os versos... Read Full Overview

Revised and Updated Edition: May 22, 2024 A Mystery that will leave you breathless Have you ever been deceived by your memory? Have you ever suspected that someone was lying to you? Have you ever struggled to distinguish truth from fiction? In this novel, you will discover how... Read Full Overview

"A palm tree, seeing me troubled and divining the cause, murmured in its branches that there was nothing wrong with fifteen-year old boys getting into corners with girls of fourteen; quite the contrary, youths of that age have no other function, and corners were made for that... Read Full Overview

Bem-vindo ao universo extraordinario de Machado de Assis, um dos maiores vultos da literatura Luso-Brasileira de sempre. Nesta edi o deDom Casmurro, trazemos at si a melhor edi o esta admir vel pe a liter ria do final do s culo XIX, e in cio do s culo XX.Dom Casmurro um... Read Full Overview

A stunning novel by one of Brazil's greatest writers. Like other great 19th-century novels, Machado de Assis's DOM CASMURRO explores the themes of marriage and adultery. But what distinguishes Machado's novel from the realism of its contemporaries, and what makes it such a delightful... Read Full Overview

A stunning novel by one of Brazil's greatest writers. Like other great 19th-century novels, Machado de Assis's DOM CASMURRO explores the themes of marriage and adultery. But what distinguishes Machado's novel from the realism of its contemporaries, and what makes it such a delightful... Read Full Overview

Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (Rio de Janeiro, 21 de junho de 1839 - Rio de Janeiro, 29 de setembro de 1908) foi um escritor brasileiro, considerado por muitos cr ticos, estudiosos, escritores e leitores um dos maiores sen o o maior nome da literatura do Brasil. Filho de fam... Read Full Overview

A stunning novel by one of Brazil's greatest writers. Like other great 19th-century novels, Machado de Assis's DOM CASMURRO explores the themes of marriage and adultery. But what distinguishes Machado's novel from the realism of its contemporaries, and what makes it such a delightful... Read Full Overview