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The Alienist and Other Stories

By Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
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By Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
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In "The Alienist and Other Stories", Machado de Assis turns everyday life into an enigma and irony into a lens. The stories gathered here reveal characters shaped by quiet ambitions, persistent illusions, and truths that slip in through the cracks. With subtle humor and a gaze that loses neither tenderness nor sharpness, the author dismantles habits, exposes contradictions, and invites the reader to notice the uncanny hidden within ordinary scenes.

The result is a collection of narratives th...