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Grace Period

Maria Judite de Carvalho
20th Century Portuguese Literature

Grace Period

Leaving Lisbon and revisiting the small town he remembers only vaguely, he is accosted both with the familiarity and strangeness of locations he left so long ago.

June 8, 2026June 1, 2026 by S. Hargrave — Comment on Grace Period

The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas

Machado de Assis
Victorian Era Brazilian Literature

The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas

One minute you’re reading an extended metaphor about moths, and the next you’re musing about the function of legs along with the narrator before being pleasantly plopped back into the story.

October 24, 2022October 22, 2022 by S. Hargrave — Comment on The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas
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