A bilingual collection of five stories by the Brazilian literary master, Machado de Assis. Two- Luiz Soares and Straight Line and Curved Line -are from his early formative period and have never before been translated to English. The other three- Fulano, Trio in A-Minor, and Cabriolet Anecdote -are from his later, more literary period. An insightful Foreword explores the differences and relationships of these two periods.