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The Alienist
O Alienista
Machado de Assis
Realism
1882
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The Alienist
Original title: O Alienista (Português)
Machado de Assis
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The story
Doctor Simão Bacamarte opens an asylum in Itaguaí and starts committing the entire town — a precise satire of reason that believes itself infallible.
About the author
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839–1908) founded the Brazilian Academy of Letters and is the most influential realist writer in Portuguese.