Iaia Garcia

The last of four novels that preceded Machado de Assis's famous trilogy of realistic masterpieces, Iaia Garcia belongs to what critics have called the Brazilian author's "e;romantic"e; phase. But it is far more than that implies. Like his other early works, Iaia Garcia foreshadows the themes and characters of Assis's most masterful novels.Iaia Garcia intertwines the lives of three characters in a ...