Machado de Assis redescoberto

Cem anos após a sua morte, o brasileiro Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis e a sua obra são admirados em todo o mundo, nomeadamente nos Estados Unidos, onde se prepara um evento comemorativo, com palestras, mesas redondas, leituras e visionamento de filmes adaptados a partir dos seus romances e contos.

After a Century, a Literary Reputation Finally Blooms
By LARRY ROHTER
Published: September 12, 2008

When the novelist Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis died 100 years ago this month, his passing went little noticed outside his native Brazil. But in recent years he has been transformed from a fringe figure in the English-speaking world into a literary favorite and trendsetter, promoted by much more acclaimed writers and by critics as an unjustly neglected genius.

Para ler em The New York Times - Books