“To him the stars seemed like so many musical notes affixed to the sky, just waiting for somebody to unfasten them. Someday the sky would be emptied, but by then the earth would be a constellation of musical scores”
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Machado de Assis
Brazilian novelist, considered one of the greatest writers in the Portuguese language. His works deeply reveal the contradictions and conflicts of Brazilian society, and have had a profound impact on literature both in Brazil and around the world. more
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