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The Silken Thread

by Cora Sandel
Translated by Elizabeth Rokkan

Quincas Borba [Buy Direct]

by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
Translated by Gregory Rabassa
Original title: Quincas Borba

Dom Casmurro. (A Novel)

by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
Translated by John Gledson
Original title: Dom Casmurro

Memoirs of a Militia Sergeant : A Novel [Buy Direct]

by Manuel Antonio De Almeida
Translated by Ronald W. Sousa

What did it mean to be free, but poor, in a country of masters and slaves? Almeida’s novel, first serialised in 1852, gives us a fascinating and highly entertaining glimpse into the lives of Rio de Janeiro’s ‘middling folk’ — barbers and midwives, (more...)

Iracema, the Honey-Lips, a Legend of Brazil

by Jose Martiniano Alencar
Translated by Clifford E. Landers
Original title: Iracema

The Shadow [Buy Direct]

by Benito Pérez Galdós
Translated by K O Austin
Original title: La sombra

The Shadow

by Benito P–rez Gald–s
Translated by K O Austin
Original title: La sombra

The City & the Mountains

by Eça de Queirós
Translated by Roy Campbell
Original title: As Cidade e as Serras

The City & the Mountains is a later and less-regarded work by Portugal’s master novelist, Eça de Queirós (1843-1900). (more...)

Illustrious House of Ramires [Buy Direct]

by Eça de Queirós
Translated by Ann Stevens
Original title: A Illustre Casa de Ramires

Like his French contemporary Huysmans, Eça de Queiros started his writing career as a disciple of Zola but came of age as a satirist rather than a realist. His protagonist in The Illustrious House of Ramires, Gonçalo Ramires or ‘The Nobleman of the Tower’, (more...)

The Endless Voyage (1983) [Buy Direct]

by Laureano Albán
Translated by F H Fornoff
Original title: El viaje interminable

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