RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS
BULLETIN 45
March
2005
PART
XIV:
Fiction
See also
item 84.
57.
AGOSTINHO, Artur. Os
abutres. Lisbon: Oficina
do Livro, 2004. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 266 pp. ISBN: 989 -
555 - 082 - 0. $35.00
The
author's first novel, about a "self - made man" whose
fortune came from construction. Rising easily on the social
ladder, he decides to enter politics.
58.
AGUALUSA, José Eduardo. O vendedor
de passados, romance. 3rd ed. Lisbon:
Dom Quixote, 2004. Autores de Língua Portuguesa. 8°, orig.
illus. wrps. 231 pp. ISBN: 972 - 20 - 2667 - 4. $30.00
First
published April 2004, this third edition appeared in
October of the same year. The publisher claims that over
15,000 copies were printed. Billed as a novel full of
ferocious satire depicted with good humor, reflecting
current Angolan society. Félix Ventura is a seller of false
pasts. His clients are the prosperous merchants,
politicians, and generals who make up the emerging Angolan
middle class. What they all lack is a good history. Félix
invents deluxe genealogies, happy memories, and even
provides portraits of illustrious ancestors. Into this good
life one night in Luanda comes a mysterious foreigner
seeking an Angolan identity. José Eduardo Agualusa [Alves
da Cunha], a native of Huambo (b. 1960), has resided in
Luanda, Rio de Janeiro, and Lisbon, where he was working as
a journalist until fairly recently. He has previously
published collections of short stories, novels, a novella,
and - in collaboration with his fellow journalist Fernando
Semedo and photographer Elza Rocha - a work of
investigative reporting on the African community of
Lisbon, Lisboa
Africana (1993), as well
as a biographical novel about Lidia do Carmo Ferreira, the
Angolan poet and historian who disappeared mysteriously in
Luanda in 1992. His novel Nação
crioula (1997), about a
secret love between the Portuguese adventurer Carlos
Fradique Mendes (whose correspondence was collected by Eça
de Queiroz), and Ana Olímpia de Caminha, born a slave, who
became one of the wealthiest and most powerful people in
Angola, was awarded the Grande Prémio Literário RTP. In
2002 he published his novel O ano em
que Zumbi tomou o rio.
Catálogo de
sombras, first
published in October of 2003, appeared in a third edition
that December. His books have been translated into several
European languages. See Manuela R.M. Augusto in
Biblos,
I, 84 - 5.
59.
ALMEIDA GARRETT, [João
Baptista da Silva Leitão de, 1 Visconde de Almeida Garrett
(1799 - 1854)].
O Arco de
Sant'Ana: crónica portuense. Maria Helena
Santana, ed. Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, 2004. Edição
Crítica das Obras de Almeida Garrett. Lge. 8°, orig. illus.
wrps. 386 pp., (1 l.). One of 1,000 copies. ISBN: 972 - 27
- 1291 - 8. $48.00
60.
AMARAL, Domingos. Os
Cavaleiros de S. João Baptista. Lisbon:
Editorial Notícias, 2004. Colecção Escrito em Português.
8°, orig. illus. wrps. 373 pp. ISBN: 972 - 46 - 1574 - X.
$38.00
Detective
novel mixing crime, love and sex with the search for hidden
treasures of the Order of the Templars in the region of
Tomar, an ancient relic thought to have been stolen, and
secrets about the History of Portugal. The author's first
novel Amor à 1
vista, went through
three editions between March and April 1999. His detective
novella with a comic touch, O fanático
do sushi, was published
in book form in 2000. Born Lisbon, 1967, the author holds
an M.A. in International Relations from Columbia
University. He has worked as a journalist, contributing
to Independente
for
eleven years (1991 - 2001?), and to the Diário de
notícias during 1997.
From its inception in 2001 he was editor - in - chief of
the review Maxmen;
at the time this volume was published he was still in this
post.
61.
BELTRÃO, Luísa. Uma pedra
no sapato. Lisbon: Oficina
do Livro, 2004. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 327 pp. ISBN: 989 -
555 - 090 - 1. $35.00
New
novel by the author of the tetralogy, Uma
História Privada, dealing with
the history over four generations of an extended family,
which consisted of the highly successful individual
novels Os
pioneiros (the author's
first novel; awarded the Prémio Revelação Máxima), followed
by Os
impetuosos,
Os bem -
aventurados, and
Os mal -
amados. Luísa Beltrão
was born in Lisbon, 1943.
62.
FREITAS BRANCO, Pedro. A vida em
sterio. Queluz de
Baixo: Presença, 2004. Grandes Narrativas, 266. 8°, orig.
illus. wrps. 87 pp., (2 ll. adv.). ISBN: 972 - 23 - 3289 -
9. $20.00
This
novella appears to be the first published work of adult
fiction by the co - author of the popular juvenile series
"Os Super 4".
63.
HEITOR, Silva. Memórias do
Senhor Kaalamanzu, ou o homem que tinha duas idades,
erótica. Lisbon:
Escritor, 2004. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 79, (1) pp., (6
ll.). ISBN: 972 - 8590 - 85 - 7. $22.00
Born
in Lisbon, 1921, the author is a playwright and actor. This
is his first published work of fiction.
64.
JORGE, Lídia. O vento
assobiando nas gruas, romance. 4th ed. Lisbon:
Dom Quixote, 2004. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 538 pp. ISBN: 972
- 20 - 2332 - 2. $40.00
Latest
novel by this important and popular author, unanimously
awarded the Grande Prémio de Romance e Novela by the
Associação Portuguesa de Escritores for 2002, by a jury
consisting of Américo Guerreiro de Sousa, Cristina Robalo
Cordeiro, Eunice Cabral, Fernando J.B. Martinho, Joana
Varela and José Correira Tavares, in a competition among 69
works by 67 different authors. First published in October
of 2002, the second edition appeared later the same month,
and this third edition was published that November. This
fourth edition came out in April 2004. Lídia [Guerreiro]
Jorge's A Costa dos
murmúrios (1988) went
through nine editions, with a total of well over 50,000
copies printed. She has been awarded numerous other
prestigious literary prizes. See Maria Nazeré Gomes dos
Santos in Machado, ed., Dicionário
de literatura portuguesa, pp. 250 - 1;
also Graça Abranches in Biblos,
II, 1275 - 8.
65.
LLANSOL, Maria Gabriela. O raio
sobre o lápis. Julião
Sarmento, illus. Lisbon: Assírio & Alvim, 2004. 12°,
orig. prtd. wrps. 71 pp., (4 ll.), illus. (some illus. in
color). ISBN: 972 - 37 - 0973 - 2. $20.00
First
published 1991. For a brief notice of this prize - winning
author, see Maria Nazaré Gomes dos Santos in
Machado, Dicionário
de literatura portuguesa, pp. 272 - 4.
66.
LOJA, António. Como um rio
invisível: duas histórias. Lisbon:
Editorial Notícias, 2004. Colecção Escrito em Português.
8°, orig. illus. wrps. 195 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972 - 46 -
1568 - 5. $28.00
The
author of these two interrelated novellas is a native of
Funchal. In 1966 he was an officer in the Portuguese army
in Guiné; an opposition candidate for parliament in the
1969 elections, after April 25 1974 he served briefly as
president of the Junta Geral do Funchal. From 1976 to 1979
he served as a deputy to the national parliament, and from
1980 to 1984 he was a deputy to the Assembleia Regional da
Madeira. He has published several historical works, and one
previous work of fiction.
67.
LORRE, Sérgio. A cruz de
génio. Lisbon: Oficina
do Livro, 2004. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 198 pp. ISBN: 989 -
555 - 081 - 2. $28.00
The
author was born in Lisbon, 1964. His paintings have been
exhibited more than twenty times in Portugal and abroad.
This is his first novel.
68.
MOURA, Vasco Graça. Por detrás
da magnólia, romance. Lisbon:
Quetzal, 2004. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 252 pp., (2 ll.).
ISBN: 972 - 564 - 630 - 4. $28.00
The
action of this novel is set in Gouvães do Douro, a hamlet
of the Alto Douro, known to the author since birth.
69.
NIEBRO, Fracisco, pseud. Las cuntas
de Tiu Jouquin. Porto: Campo
das Letras, 2001. Colecção Língua Mirandesa, 3. 8°, orig.
prtd. wrps. 99 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972 - 610 - 401 - 7.
$18.00
The
author, whose photograph appears on the inside flap of the
front wrapper, but whose real name is not given, is said to
be a native of Sendin, presently working at the Faculdade
de Direito of the Universidade de Lisboa. He is said to
have published various juridical works, as well as having
written a play in Mirandés which was transmitted on RTP in
1975. A volume of his poetry in Mirandés appears in the
present collection.
70.
ROSA, Luís. O terramoto
de Lisboa e a invenção do mundo. Queluz de
Baixo: Presença, 2004. Grandes Narrativas, 267. 8°, orig.
illus. wrps. 273 pp., (3 pp. adv.). ISBN: 972 - 23 - 3296 -
1. $30.00
This
novel is the author's second book. It deals with Eugénio
dos Santos e Carvalho, the architect responsible for the
reconstruction of Lisbon after the devastating 1755
earthquake.
71.
SANTOS, Arnaldo. A casa
velha das margens. Porto: Campo
das Letras, 1999. Colecção Chá de Caxinde, 1. 8°, orig.
illus. wrps. 378 pp. ISBN: 972 - 610 - 219 - 7. $38.00
The
author was born in Ingombota, one of the old "bairros" of
Luanda, in 1935. He has published at least three volumes of
poetry, five of short stories, a novella, and a volume of
essays prior to this novel.
72.
SANTOS, Hugo. Ofício das
nostalgias Lisbon:
Ulmeiro, 1995. Colecção Imagem do Corpo, 52. 8°, orig.
prtd. wrps. 128 pp., (1 l., 1 l. adv.). ISBN: 972 - 706 -
254 - 7. $25.00
The
author, poet, novelist and short story writer, was born in
Campo Maior, Alentejo. He has published at least 23 books,
at least 10 of which have won prizes, including poetry and
short stories. "Ofício das
nostalgias é um dos mais
belos livros de contos publicados em Portugal nas últimas
décadas." - Urbano Tavares Rodrigues.
73.
SEABRA, Manuel de. Viagem a
nenhuma parte. Lisbon:
Escritor, 2004. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 30 pp., (1 l.).
ISBN: none. $10.00
The
author has published ten novels, a novella, a volume of
short stories, a narrative, and two volumes of poetry over
a span of 53 years. He was born in Lisbon in 1932, has
lived in France, Brazil, and England, and now for many
years in Barcelona, having traveled in the former Soviet
Union and other countries. At one time he worked as a
journalist for the BBC in London, and has practiced the
same profession in Barcelona. He has translated works into
Portuguese, Spanish, and Catalan. His "espolio" has been
deposited with the National Library of Austria. See
Dicionário
cronológico de autores portugueses, VI, 160 -
1.
74.
SENA, Jorge de. Homenagem
ao papagaio verde e outros contos de Jorge de
Sena. Lisbon:
Público, 2004. Colecção 2 horas de leitura, 2. 8°, orig.
illus. wrps. 93, (1) pp. ISBN: 972 - 8892 - 26 - 8.
$22.00