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  • The monster and other stories

    by João do Rio, Vanessa Rodrigues Thiago, Silvia Düssel Schiros, Barbara Aravolo, Carolina Melo, Júlia Kohl, Giovanna Morari, Laís Sperandei de Oliveira ...
    Translated by Ariane Aranha, Bianca Magalhães, Natyelle Vidiz, Talyssa Monteiro Y Carnero ...
    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

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The man who knew Javanese and other stories

    by Lima Barreto, Vanessa Rodrigues Thiago, Talyssa Carnero, Joana Arari, Patrícia Leite, Júlia Kohl, Laís Sperandei de Oliveira, Giovanna Morari ...
    Translated by Carlos H. Rutz, Joana de Lima, Victor S. Pastor, Gabriela Gussoni ...
    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 Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas

    by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis ...
    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

    by Machado De Assis ...
    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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  • Until August

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    by Gabriel García Márquez ...
    Translated by Anne McLean ...
    AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • The extraordinary lost novel from the Nobel Prize–winning author of One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera.Sitting alone, overlooking the still and blue lagoon, Ana Magdalena Bach surveys the men of the hotel bar. She is happily married and has no reason to escape the world she has made with her husband and children. And yet, every August, she ... Read more

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  • The Collected Novels of Josè Saramago

    by José 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

    by Thornton Wilder ...
    The Bridge of San Luis Rey is a novel written by Thornton Wilder and first published in 1927. The novel tells the story of five people who were on the Bridge of San Luis Rey, an Inca rope bridge in Peru, when it collapsed, killing them all. The narrator, who is a historian, tries to understand why these particular people were on the bridge at that moment, and why they had to die.The novel explores ... Read more

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  • South From Granada

    by Gerald Brenan ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    Between 1920 and 1934, Gerald Brenan lived in the remote Spanish village of Yegen and South of Granada depicts his time there, vividly evoking the essence of his rural surroundings and the Spanish way of life before the Civil War. Here he portrays the landscapes, festivals and folk-lore of the Sierra Nevada, the rivalries, romances and courtship rituals, village customs, superstitions and ... Read more

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  • The Stories of Eva Luna

    by Isabel Allende ...
    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

    by Clarice Lispector ...
    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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