Brazilian Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis was the finest storyteller of nineteenth-century Latin America. "Midnight Mass and Other Stories" offers a selection of Machado's tales, from the oft-translated and sly erotic title story, a classic of Brazilian literature, to such brief ironic tales, not previously translated into English, as "A Game," "Coimbra the Clerk," and "Sooner the Tarpeian Rock." Also included is "Botany Lesson," Machado's most successful work for the stage.

Translated from Portuguese by Juan LePuen

Contents:
Miss Dollar
Captain Mendonça
The Gold Watch
Point of View
The Pale Woman
The Machete
Wedding Song
Sooner the Tarpeian Rock
A Game
Three yet One
Arms
The Secret Cause
Trio in A Minor
A Fire
The Diplomat
A School Story
Nameless Flower
Midnight Mass
Holidays
Coimbra the Clerk
Botany Lesson