O Alienista E Outros Contos by Machado de Assis
A sharp, often ironic collection of short stories that probes the quirks and contradictions of human behavior in 19th-century Brazilian society; through concise, psychologically acute narratives the writer exposes vanity, hypocrisy, ambition and the thin line between sanity and madness, using wry narration, unreliable perspectives and satirical reversals to undermine pretensions of science, morality and social order, inviting readers to question objective truth and the motives that guide everyday life.
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- Published
- 1882
- Nationality
- Brazilian
- Length
- Unknown
- Pages
- Unknown
- Original Language
- Portuguese
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- Alternate Titles
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- El alienista y otros cuentos
- L'Alieniste et autres contes
- The Alienist
- The Alienist and Other Stories
- The Psychiatrist
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