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  • The man who knew Javanese and other stories

    The seventeen short stories in this volume, originally published after Lima Barreto's death, depict his sharp and honest observation of the Rio de Janeiro society of his time. Here, we meet characters who lie and pretend in order to try to get ahead in life. We will see stories of corruption and betrayal and will face our own values while we enjoy Barreto's sharp and witty writing. ... Read more

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  • The monster and other stories

    The thirteen short stories in this volume reveal the hidden horrors in the Brazilian society of the early 20th century.Who are the real monsters who lurk in the shadows and, more often than not, walk freely in broad daylight? ... Read more

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    INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • "A love story of astonishing power" (Newsweek), the acclaimed modern literary classic by the beloved Nobel Prize-winning author.In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away ... Read more

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  • Until August

    A Novel

    Translated by Anne McLean ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • The extraordinary rediscovered novel from the Nobel Prize–winning author of Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude—a moving tale of female desire and abandonSitting alone beside the languorous blue waters of the lagoon, Ana Magdalena Bach contemplates the men at the hotel bar. She has been happily married for twenty-seven years and has no reason ... Read more

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  • The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas

    Dive into the whirlwind life and afterlife of Brás Cubas, a man who decides to tell his story from beyond the grave. The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas is not your typical ghost story but a daring, humorous, and profoundly introspective journey through the eyes of a deceased narrator. This groundbreaking novel by Machado de Assis, a titan of Brazilian literature, blends dark comedy, ... Read more

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  • The Posthumous Memoirs Of Brás Cubas

    Dive into the whirlwind life and afterlife of Brás Cubas, a man who decides to tell his story from beyond the grave. The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas is not your typical ghost story but a daring, humorous, and profoundly introspective journey through the eyes of a deceased narrator. This groundbreaking novel by Machado de Assis, a titan of Brazilian literature, blends dark comedy, ... Read more

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  • The Collected Novels of Josè Saramago

    **This essential anthology presents thirteen acclaimed works by the Nobel Prize-winning author of Blindness—with an introduction by Ursula Le Guin.This collection, available exclusively in e-book form, brings together twelve novels (and one novella) of the great Portuguese writer José Saramago. From Saramago's early work, like the enchanting Baltasar & Blimunda and the controversial Gospel ... Read more

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  • The Bridge of San Luis Rey. Illustrated

    The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder is a profound exploration of fate, love, and the interconnectedness of human lives, set in 18th-century Peru. The novel opens with a catastrophic event—a bridge collapses, sending five people to their deaths. Brother Juniper, a Franciscan monk, witnesses the tragedy and becomes determined to understand why these particular individuals perished, seeking ... Read more

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  • The Stories of Eva Luna

    Told in the voice of Isabel Allende’s beloved character Eva Luna, a “distinctive, powerful, and haunting” (Los Angeles Times) collection of short fiction by one of the most iconic and acclaimed writers of our time.Eva Luna is a young woman whose powers as a storyteller bring her friendship and love. Lying in bed with her European lover, refugee and journalist Rolf Carlé, Eva answers his request ... Read more

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  • Complete Stories

    Translated by Katrina Dodson ...
    One of the most phenomenally acclaimed and successful books of recent years is now available as a paperback—with three just-discovered storiesHere, gathered in one volume, are the stories that made Clarice a Brazilian legend. Originally a cloth edition of eighty-six stories, now we have eighty- nine in all, covering her whole amazing career, from her teenage years to her deathbed. In these pages, ... Read more

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  • El Filibusterismo

    by Jose Rizal ...
    Translated by Leon Ma. Guerrero ...
    Few novels have made a more shattering impact on their society than El Filibusterismo - and its predecessor, Noli Me Tangere of Jose Rizal. And surely no writer has paid a higher penalty for self-expression. Rizal was executed by firing squad mainly because of these two books. Filipinos, inspired by Rizal, made the first nationalist revolution in Asia in 1896, established its first democratic ... Read more

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  • A Manuscript of Ashes

    A Novel

    Translated by Edith Grossman ...
    In this "beautifully wrought" novel set in Franco-era Spain, a university student stumbles into a decades-old mystery ( New York magazine).It's the late sixties, the last dark years of Franco's dictatorship. Minaya, a university student in Madrid, is caught up in the student protests and the police are after him. He moves to his uncle Manuel's country estate in the small town of Mágina to write ... Read more

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