Wikipedia page about this book: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iai%C3%A1_Garcia

Also published as: Iaiá Garcia.

Release date is 2022-04-05

Laura Natal Rodrigues (Images generously made available by Hathi Trust Digital Library.)

"Yayá Garcia" by Machado de Assis is a novel published in 1878. Set in Rio de Janeiro's Santa Teresa neighborhood, it explores themes of family, love, and marriage through intertwining relationships. When Jorge goes to fight in the Paraguayan War to forget an impossible love for Estela, she marries his friend Luís Garcia out of convenience. Years later, Jorge returns decorated with military glory, bringing him back into the lives of Estela, Luís, and his young daughter Iaiá, now grown, setting the stage for complex romantic entanglements. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Originally published: Brazil: Livraria Garnier, 1919