I attribute the success of his volume to the way Chasteen highlights points of personal identification for an English-speaking readership, especially students, and the way he frames these short stories by Machado as relevant sources for a comparative history of racial politics in Brazil and the USA.Ĭhasteen's historical frame is a part of a recent re-evaluation of Machado as a fiction-maker whose work is relevant to the fields of history and sociology. The Alienist and Other Stories of Nineteenth-Century Brazil edited and translated by John Charles Chasteen is an engaging entry point for students, readers who enjoy a well-crafted short story, or anyone interested in the legacy of slave-holding society in the Western Hemisphere. The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas: A Novel (Oxford UP, 1997) translated by Gregory Rabassa. The Wager (Peter Owen: 2005, 1990) translated by Robert L. Grossman Ī Chapter of Hats (Bloomsbury: 2008) translated by John Gledson The Alienist (Melville House, Art of the Novella: 2012) translated by William L. Resurrection (Latin American Literary Review Press: 2013) translated by Karen Sherwood Sotelino Stories (Dalkey Archive: 2014) translated by Rhett McNeill Įx-Cathedra: Stories – A Bilingual Edition (New London Librarium: 2014) edited by Glenn Alan Cheney and including the work of 15 translators The recent publications of works by Machado de Assis in English translation include: Where does nineteenth-century Brazilian literature find new readers? If the recent burst of new translations into English is any indication, there is a Machado for everyone.

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