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    The Machete
    The Machete
    The Machete
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    The Machete

    By Machado de Assis

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    Inácio Ramos is a cellist. His young wife, daughter of a poor shopkeeper, does not understand his art. She is drawn instead to popular music and those who play it, above all to a mediocre law student who is back in Rio de Janeiro for the holidays.

    Translated from Portuguese (Brazil) by Juan LePuen
    Genre: short story
    Length: 4,500 words

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFario
    Release dateSep 18, 2012
    ISBN9781301446438
    The Machete
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    Machado de Assis

    Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (Rio de Janeiro, 21 de junho de 1839 Rio de Janeiro, 29 de setembro de 1908) foi um escritor brasileiro, considerado por muitos críticos, estudiosos, escritores e leitores o maior nome da literatura brasileira.

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      The Machete - Machado de Assis

      The Machete*

      Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis

      Translated by Juan LePuen

      Original title: O Machete

      English translation copyright 2012 Fario and Juan LePuen

      Published by Fario at Smashwords

      Inácio Ramos was only ten years old when he demonstrated an unwavering musical calling. His father, a musician at the imperial chapel, taught him the basics of his art, together with those of grammar, of which he knew little. He was a poor artist whose sole merit lay in his tenor and in the skill with which he performed sacred music. As a result, Inácio learned music better than he did the language, and at fifteen he knew more about flats than about verbs. Even so, he knew enough to read about the history of music and of the great composers. Reading beguiled him even more; he was drawn to his calling with all of his heart, and before long he was a first-rate fiddler.

      The fiddle was the first instrument he chose, as it seemed to correspond most closely to the feelings of his soul. All the same, it didn’t satisfy him, and he dreamed of something better. One day an old German, who wowed the audience by playing the cello, came to Rio de Janeiro. Inácio went to hear him. His excitement was tremendous;

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