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John Gledson

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John Gledson

John Gledson is a noted British specialist on Machado de Assis. He is the translator of Rio de Janeiro: Carnival Under Fire by Ray Castro, The Emperor's Beard by Dom Pedro II, and His Tropical Monarchy in Brazil by Lilia Moritz Schwarcz, among others.

Articles by John Gledson

from “Ashes of the Amazon”

By Milton Hatoum

I’m from where I was born. I’m from elsewhere. –João Guimarães RosaI read Mundo’s letter in a bar in the Beco das Cancelas, an alley-way where I found refuge from the hubbub of…

Translated from Portuguese by John Gledson

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