Las Academias de Siam Y Otros Cuentos

J. M. Machado de Assis

Fondo de Cultura Economica USA, Nov 22, 2006 - Fiction - 151 pages

Los cuentos de esta antolog a sorprenden por diversas razones; unos por su final inesperado; otros por las reflexiones del narrador en torno al oficio de escribir; otros por la fantas a que despliegan; la mayor a, por su humor y todos, por su actualidad. Se trata de una muestra variada de los diferentes recursos que Machado de Assis (1839-1908) utiliz en distintas etapas de su vida creativa. la iron a y el juego con el lector son las constantes; los seis cuentos que componen este volumen son una invitaci n al goce, a la imaginaci n y a la reflexi n.

About the author

Machado de Assis's achievement in both novels and poetry make him Brazil's paradigm of a writer. His novels are characterized "by a psychological insight as well as a broad view of social conditions in Brazil and the world. The seriousness of the realistic view is highlighted with ironic humor." Beginning as a romantic, Assis developed a style that embraced realism, naturalism, and symbolism. "Epitaph for a Small Winner" (1881) reveals his essential pessimism, as the only consolation for Bras Cubas is that he has not passed on his misery to any offspring. About his writing in "Dom Casmurro" (1900), it was said "No satirist, not even Swift, is less merciful in his exposure of the pretentiousness and the hypocrisy that lurk in the average good man and woman." Born in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, Machado de Assis was orphaned early in life. He advanced from typesetter, to proofreader and finally to journalist before entering the Brazilian civil service. He was the author of nine novels, more than 200 short stories, opera libretti, drama, and lyric poetry.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Las Academias de Siam Y Otros Cuentos; Biblioteca Universitaria de Bolsillo Series; Elibro Catedra
• Author: J. M. Machado de Assis
• Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Economica USA, 2006
• ISBN: 9681681746, 9789681681746
• Length: 151 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / General