Translationsof21shortstoriesbyMachadodeAssis,withPortugueseandEnglishonfacingpages.MosthaveneverbeforeappearedinEnglish.TranslatorsincludeLauraCadeBrown,KristaBrune,DavidGeorge,LindaLedford-Miller,AnaLessa-Schmidt,NelsonLópezRojas,JohnMaddox,AdamMorris,RexP.Nielson,LeilaOsman,MarisselHernándezRomero,StevenK.Smith,LisandraSousa,LucianaTanure,andNelsonVieira.StoriesincludeNuptialSong,AmongSaints,Xerxes'Tears,CabrioletAnecdote,Fulano,ExCathedra,Live!,MariaCora,TheSecondLife,PecuniaryAnecdote,ManuscriptofaSacristan,Galvão'sLady,TheLoan,ALady,CanonorMetaphysicsofStyle,TrioinAMinor,TheAcademiesofSiam,AnErrant,AVisitfromAlcibiade,OldPapers,ACaptainofVolunteers.