Machado de Assis was born in Morro do Livramento, Rio de Janeiro, the grandson of ex-slaves, growing up in a poor family, he barely studied in public schools and never attended university. He struggled to [More]

Links to books I talked about in this video (These are affiliate links. If you buy through these links, I get a small percentage of the sale): The City Below The Cloud: https://amzn.to/3uXh1xP The Posthumous [More]