Notes and Misconceptions
Machado should not be treated as a local version of someone else. The comedy is his own dry instrument.
The narrator's charm is part of the trap.
Best Path
Latin American classics, unreliable narration, satire
Reading Paths
Short Classics That Have Teeth
Compact books that do more damage than their length suggests.
Unreliable Selves
Narrators and protagonists who turn memory, faith, desire, illness, and charm into evasive machinery.
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brazilianlatin-americansatiredead-narratorunreliable-narratorphilosophicalshort-to-medium