RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS
BULLETIN 46

June 2005
 

PART XX:

Fiction

 
See also items 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 126, 144, 199, 201, 281 & 307.

207. ABELAIRA, Augusto. Bolor, romance. 6th ed. Queluz de Baixo: Presença, 2005. Grandes Narrativas, 269. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 136 pp., (2 ll. adv.). ISBN: 972-23-3298-8. $28.00

First published 1968. The author's Outrora agora (1996; 2nd ed. 1997), was awarded the Grande Prémio de Romance e Novela da APE, 1996 as well as the Prémio da Crítica de 1996. Born 1926 at Ançã, Cantanhede, teacher, journalist, director of programs for RTP, Augusto [José de Freitas] Abelaira was also editor of the reviews Seara nova and Vida mundial. He was awarded the Prémio Ricardo Malheiros by the Academia das Ciências for the novel As boas intenções (1963), and the Prémio Cidade de Lisboa for his novel Sem tecto entre ruínas (1979). He has published a volume of short stories, three volumes of plays, and ten previous novels, most of which have gone through multiple editions. See Machado, Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, p. 14; António Apolinário Lourenço in Biblos, I, 5-8; and Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses , V, 452-4.

 
208. ABREU, José E[duardo]. Amor urbano. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2005. Colecção Romance. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 324 pp. ISBN: 989-555-095-2. $35.00

The author was born in Evora in 1964, where he lived until the age of 20. This is his third novel. Eduardo, a journalist assigned to investigate a series of attacks on female dancers, has a daughter, Carolina, who has unlimited admiration for her father. Madalena, his wife, has a relationship with Tomás, a writer for whom she is the principal literary inspiration.

 
209. ADEMAR, Carlos. O caso da Rua Direita. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2005. Colecção Sociedade. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 292 pp. ISBN: 989-555-099-5. $32.00

The author was born in Vinhais, 1960. He worked for the Polícia Judiciária as a criminal investigator in the Homicide section, joining in the investigations of some of the most sensational crimes which took place in Greater Lisbon, such as those associated with "skinheads" and "O Estripador". This detective novel appears to be his first book.

 
210. AGUIAR, Cristóvão. Marilha: sequência narrativa. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2005. Autores da Língua Portuguesa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 283 pp. ISBN: 972-20-2800-6. $32.00

This volume contains new editions of two novellas, "Grito em chamas" and "Ciclone em Setembro," the second said to be a completely revised version. The first part of the author's trilogy, A semente e a seiva (1978), was awarded the Prémio Ricardo Malheiros in 1978. That trilogy, which continued with Vindima de fogo and O fruto e o sonho (first published 1979, and 1981, respectively), is described by the publisher as having been considered the most important Açorian novel since Mau tempo no Canal by Vitorino Nemésio. The first volume of the author's diaries (Relação de bordo, 1999), was awarded the Grande Prémio de Literatura Biográfica APE/CMP for the year 2000. His Trasfega, casos e contos was awarded the Prémio Nacional Miguel Torga / Cidade de Coimbra in 2002. Born at Pico da Pedra, Ilha de São Miguel in 1940, [Luîs] Cristóvão [Dias de] Aguiar has written 3 volumes of poems (2 self-published), and 15 volumes of prose; in addition he translated Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations for an edition published by the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian in 1982. His work has also appeared in various anthologies and reviews. See Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, VI, 600-1; J. Almeida Pavão in Biblos, I, 90-1.

 
211. AGUIAR, João. O jardim das delícias. Porto: Asa, 2005. Finisterra: Autores Contemporâneos de Língua Portuguesa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 187, (1) pp., (3 pp. adv., 1 p.). ISBN: 972-41-4144-6. $25.00

Short novel or novella set in mid-twenty-first century. A journalist becomes fed up with the "grande Federação Europeia," descendent of the European Union, a massive, stupified power dominated by its largest members. His answer is to attempt to use freedom of information to throw Europe into chaos. But at the moment of confrontation, he develops doubts. The author has published at least twelve other novels, two volumes of short fiction, as well as literature for children. His work has been translated into Spanish, Italian, German, and Bulgarian.
 

212. ALÇADA BAPTISTA, António. Tia Suzana, meu amor. 6th ed. Lisbon: Presença, 1995. Colecção Aura, 12. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 99 pp. ISBN: 972-23-0987-0. $15.00

The first edition of this novella appeared in 1989.

 
213. ALFACE, pseud. [i.e., João Alfacinha da Silva, b. Montemor-o-Novo, 1949]. Cá vai Lisboa, romance. Lisbon: Fenda, 2004. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 240 pp., (2 ll.). One of 1,000 copies. ISBN: 972-603-005-7. $30.00

 
214. ARRIMAR, Jorge. Viagemà memória das ilhas. Preface by Fátima Sequeira Dias. Lisbon: Salamandra, 2002. Colecção Garajau, 96. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 219 pp., (3 pp. adv.). ISBN: 972-689-210-4. $32.00

Historical novel set in the Açores from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries. The author, born in São Pedro da Chibia, Planalto da Hiíla, Angola, 1953, has a degree in history, and has authored or co-authored at least 8 volumes of poetry and three of history, as well as O planalto dos pássaros (2002), an historical novel based on struggles in the interior of Angola in the eighteenth century. His writing is also represented in various poetical anthologies, newspapers, reviews, and "Actas" of meetings of scholarly organizations devoted to history or library science.

 
215. BORGES COELHO, João Paulo. As visitas do Dr. Valdez, romance. Lisbon: Caminho, 2004. Outras Margens: Autores Estrangeiros de Língua Portuguesa, 34. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 222 pp. ISBN: 972-21-1641-X. $28.00

Born Porto, 1955, the author has acquired Moçambique nationality. Historian on the faculty of the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, he has dedicated himself to investigating the colonial and subsequent civil wars in Moçambique. He has published various academic texts in Moçambique, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Spain and Canada. This novel is his second work of fiction, preceded by the novel As duas sombras do rio (2003).
 

216. CAMILO [dos Santos], João. O grande frémito da paixão. Lisbon: Fenda, 2002. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 210 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 972-8529-78-3. $30.00

The author has been professor of Portuguese and Brazilian literature at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and director of the Center for Portuguese Studies at the same university. He has published one previous volume of fiction, at least nine volumes of poems, at least one play, several volumes of literary history and criticism, and has edited collections of essays.
 

217. CARDOSO, Dulce Maria. Campo de sangue. Porto: Asa, 2002. Finisterra: Autores Contemporâneos de Língua Portuguesa. 8°, publ. bds. with d.j. 296 pp., (3 ll.). ISBN: 972-41-2820-2. $38.00

This first novel was awarded the Grande Prémio "Acontece" de Romance by a unanimous jury. The author, born in Trás-os-Montes in 1964, traveled to Angola as an infant, returning to Portugal in 1975. She has written screenplays and short stories.

 
218. CARVALHO, Valéria. Terra das areias brancas. Lisbon: Garrido, 2003. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 241 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 972-8738-60-9. $32.00

The author, a professional dancer and apparently a native of Brazil, was living in Lisbon when this volume was published. She was part of the company led by the Brazilian choreographer Maurício Tobias, as well as the theater group of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. In Portugal she has appeared on television and in the theater. This novel seems to be her first book.

 
219. COSTA, Manuel Afonso. Iniciação à memória. Lisbon: Novo Imbondeiro, 2003. Novos Autores Portugueses. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 201 pp., (3 ll.). ISBN: 972-8102-43-7 [as per p. (2)]; or 972-8102-39-9 [as per inside back cover]. $32.00

Author's first novel (also his first book?). He has taught Portuguese history and culture at Aix-en Provence, Macau and Trás-os-Montes.

 
220. COSTA SANTOS, António. Diário de um gajo divorciado. 3rd ed. Lisbon: Garrido [according to the title page]; SeteCaminhos [according to front cover], 2003. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 149 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-8738-66-8. $28.00

The author has written for Expresso, as well as having produced "guiões" for cinema and television. These fictional diaries, which appear to be his first book, cover the year or so in which João, married for 18 years, finds his wife has locked him out of the house. She has kept their children. At first he looks upon this as an opportunity to leave behind a stagnant life, doing everything married life had denied him: write a book, sleep late, party with friends, above all with girlfriends. Things do not work out as planned.

 
221. DIAS DE MELO, [José]. Milhas contadas. Lisbon: Salamandra, 2002. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 238 pp. ISBN: 972-689-208-2. $32.00

The author has published at least 25 books, including poetry, essays, and short stories, as well as several novels.

 
222. DIAS DE MELO, [José]. Pedras negras. 3rd ed. Preface by Luís Fagundes Duarte. Lisbon: Salamandra, 2003. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 171 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-689-218-X. $25.00

The preface is original to this edition.

 
223. DIONISIO, Eduarda. As histórias não têm fim. Lisbon: Cotovia, 1997. Livros Cotovia. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 333 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-8028-90-3. $35.00

Born in Lisbon, 1946, the author has written for the theater and journals such as A capital, Diário de Lisboa, Seara Nova, Crítica (1971-2, of which she was a co-founder), Gazeta, and Combate. She is also a painter. Her Histórias, memórias, imagens e mitos duma geração curiosa was awarded the Prémio Pen Club, 1981. She was a co-founder of the theater group "ContraRegra" - with which she worked from 1983 to 1987 - and has participated in various productions (Groupo de Teatro da Faculdade de Letras, Teatro da Cornucópia, O bando), some as an actress.

 
224. FERIN, Madalena. Bem-viondos ao caos. Lisbon: Salamandra, 1996. Col. Garajau, 35. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 144 pp., (1 l. adv.). ISBN: 972-689-111-6. $22.00

The author's O anjo fálico was awarded the Prémio "Antero de Quental" (Poesia), Concurso Literário dos Açores, 1990. She was born in Vila Franca do Campo, São Miguel, Açores, the daughter of the neo-romantic poet Armando Monteiro.

 
225. FERNANDES, Clara Picão. Contos de todas as horas. Francisco Maria Nunes Picciohi de Salter Cid, illus. Alpiarça: Garrido, 2001. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 175 pp., (2 ll.), illus. ISBN: 972-8471-57-2. $28.00

The author was born in Elvas, 1950. She studied English literature at Cambridge. Some of her short stories have been published in weekly supplements of newspapers. This appears to be her first book of fiction. A dedicated monarchist, she previously published a series of conversations with S.A.R. Dom Duarte Pio, Duque de Bragança, pretender to the Portuguese throne: Monarquia hoje? Diálogos com o Duque de Bragança (1995). Francisco Salter Cid was born in Chamusca, 1967. His paintings and sculptures are represented in private collections and public institutions. He has had several individual exhibitions, and has been represented in collective ones.

 
226. FERNANDES DA FONSECA, A. Contos de um espírito inquieto. Porto: Universidade Fernando Pessoa, 2004. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 110 pp. ISBN: 972-8830-27-0. $18.00

The author, a psychiatrist, has written a number of books on psychiatric and psychological subjects, beginning in 1959 and most recently in 2002. He also published a book on university reform in 1970. More recently, he has delved into literary history and criticism, with volumes on Hemingway and Teixeira de Pascoaes. This appears to be his first work of fiction.

 
227. FIALHO DE ALMEIDA, [José Valentim (1857-1911)]. A ruiva. António Cândido Franco, ed. Lisbon: Assírio & Alvim, 2005. Colecção Beltenebros. 8°, orig. illus. wrps., edges rouged. 122 pp., (1 l., 1 l. adv., 1 l.). ISBN: 972-37-0963-5. $22.00

First published 1878, A ruiva perhaps had a greater impact on the public and on contemporary critics than any other work by the author. On Fialho de Almeida see Alvaro Manuel Machado, Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 23-5; also José Augusto Cardoso Bernardes in Biblos, I, 159-63.
 

228. FONSECA SANTOS, Margarida. O degrau de cima. Alpiarça: Garrido, 2001. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 137 pp. ISBN: 972-8471-31-9. $22.00

Awarded the Prémio Nacional de Conto Manuel da Fonseca (1996) by the Câmara Municipal de Santiago do Cacém. Margarida Fonseca Santos began her literary career in 1993. She has published several children's books; her novel Uma pedra sobre o rio was awarded the Prémio Revelação APE/IPLB, Ficção for 1996. Born in 1960, she has taught at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa. She was awarded first prize (conto) by the Junta de Freguesia de São Domingos de Benfica (1995 and 1996).

 
229. FRANÇA MACHADO, José Maria. A solidão de Júpiter. Luís França, illus. Lisbon: Salamandra, 2002. Colecção Garajau, 92. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 135 pp., (2 ll.), illus. ISBN: 972-689-206-6. $28.00

 
230. GARCIA BARRETO, António. Ensina-me a namorar. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2005. Campo da Literatura, 118. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 192 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 972-610-850-0. $30.00

The author was born in Amadora, 1948. He fought in the colonial wars in Moçambique, and while there collaborated in various newspapers, such as Notícias de Lourenço Marques, República, O diário, andDiário popular. In 1973 he was awarded first prize in a short story contest held by the Diário popular. Garcia Barreto has written children's literature, and has also published scholarly works about Portuguese children's literature. Author of several novels and collections of short stories, his A malta da Rua dos Plátanos (1981) was translated into Russian. Rubens e a companhia do espanto em o caso da mitra desaparecida (2005) received the Prémio Literário de Sinta - Adolfo Simões Müller, for children's and juvenile literature.
 

231. GASPAR, Frank X. Deixando a Ilha do Pico. Manuela Torres, trans. Lisbon: Salamandra, 2002. Colecção Garajau, 97. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 251 pp., (3 pp. adv.). ISBN: 972-689-204-X. $33.00

Originally published as Leaving Pico (1999). The poet Frank X. Gaspar's first novel is about growing up in a Portuguese community in Provincetown.

 
232. HILST, Hilda. A obscena Senhora D. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2004. Campo da Literatura, 111. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 66 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 972-610-868-3. $20.00

First Portuguese edition of this work of fiction, originally published in Brazil. The author was born in Jaú, São Paulo, 1930. She has published twenty volumes of poetry, twelve of fiction, and two volumes of plays.
 

233. LETRIA, José Jorge. Amados gatos. 2nd ed. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2005. Colecção Ficção. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 214 pp. One of 1,000 copies. ISBN: 989-555-105-3. $28.00

First published in March or April 2005; this second edition followed shortly. Short stories about cats which belonged to Picasso, Hemingway, Churchill, Lenin, Anne Frank, Richelieu, Marilyn Monroe, Alexandre O'Neill, De Gaulle, Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro, and others. The author's A dúvida melódica was awarded the Prémio de Poesia Cidade da Amadora, 1993. Born in Cascais in 1951, he has published at least 33 volumes of poetry, a number of which have also been awarded literary prizes, including the Prémio Eça de Queiroz-Município de Lisboa (twice), the Prémio Gulbenkian, and others. See Machado, Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, p. 266. From January 1994 until January 2002 the author was Vereador da Cultura for the Câmara Municipal de Cascais.

 
234. LETRIA, José Jorge. Morro bem, salvem a pátria. Porto: Ambar, 2005. Colecção BAB - Biblioteca Ambar de Bolso, 36. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 89 pp., (1 l. adv.). ISBN: 972-43-0903-7. $18.00

Historical novella set in around the assassination of Sidónio Pais at the Rossio Station in Lisbon, December 1918. Fernando Pessoa, Alvaro de Campos, Cardinal Cerejeira and Salazar enter as characters in the narrative. The book's title comes from a phrase said to have been uttered by Sidónio when dying.
 

235. MACEDO, Helder. Pedro e Paula. Lisbon: Presença, 1998. Grandes Narrativas, 50. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 207 pp. ISBN: 972-23-2272-9. $23.00

Multidimensional novel set in Portugal and Africa during the past half century. Helder Macedo (b. Krugersdorp, South Africa, 1935), literary critic and poet, held the Camões chair at King's College, University of London, once occupied by Edgar Prestage and Charles Boxer. He was co-founder of Folhas de poesia (1957-1959). In addition to several volumes of poetry and numerous literary essays, his other novels include Partes de Africa (1991), based on experiences growing up in Moçambique, andVícios e virtudes (2000).

 
236. MACEDO, Helder. Sem nome. Queluz de Baixo: Presença, 2005. Grandes Narrativas, 274. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 186 pp., (2 ll. adv.). ISBN: 972-23-3329-1. $30.00

Novel set in London, narrated in the voice of José Viana, a lawyer living in London since the early 1970s.

 
237. MACHADO, Alvaro Manuel. A mulher que se imagina, romance. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2004. Campo da Literatura, 105. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 132 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-610-789-X. $25.00

The author, a native of Porto, is one of the leading literary historians and critics active in Portugal today. The first in his trilogy of novels, Exílio (1978), was awarded the Prémio Ricardo Malheiros by the Academia de Ciências de Lisboa. Machado edited and organized the extremely useful Dicionário de literatura portuguesa (1996).

 
238. MACHADO, Manuel. Quebra-cabeças e nozes Lisbon: Salamandra, 2002. Colecção Garajau, 93. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 144, (1) pp., (3 pp. adv.). ISBN: 972-689-209-0. $28.00

 
239. MAIA, Maria Helena Um banco na avenida, romance. Lisbon: Hugin, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 256 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-794-258-X. $30.00

Novel about two mature women who meet on a bench of a major avenue of Lisbon and decide to restart their lives. The author has worked for the Gulbenkian Foundation and the New York Times. She has published several works on drug addiction. Her book Um tecto para o universo was published by Hugin in 2000.

 
240. MARMELO, Manuel Jorge. O silêncio de um homem só. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2004. Campo da Literatura, 116. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 118 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-610-869-1. $22.00

Short stories. The author, a native of Porto (b. 1971), has worked as a journalist since 1989, when he began to write for Público. He has published at least nine previous books, including fiction and essays.

 
241. MARTINS GARCIA, José. Contrabando original. 2nd ed. Lisbon: Salamandra, 1997. Colecção Garajau, 41. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 282 pp. ISBN: 972-689-116-7. $35.00

This novel was first published in 1987. As of ca. 1999 the author had published 6 novels (several of which enjoyed more than one edition), 7 collections of short stories, 4 volumes of poetry, two of plays, and 11 volumes of essays and criticism.

 
242. MARTINS, João Pedro. As portas ou a morte de um mito. Lisbon: Garrido, 2003. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 94 pp. ISBN: 972-8738-77-3. $20.00

The author was born in Vila Franca de Xira, 1967. A journalist, he worked for O jogo, Correio da manhã, Golo, and TV 7 dias. He has also worked in radio. This novella appears to be his first book. The publisher's belt says "Jim Morrison está vivo, ou será apenas o seu fantasma?"

 
243. MATOS SEQUEIRA [Capeto], Teresa de. No mundo de Genoveva. Lisbon: Hugin, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 120 pp. ISBN: 972-794-254-7. $28.00

"Este livro é um objecto estranho e desconcertante. Conjuga cenários e personagens singulares do mais puro decadentismo, à maneira de Huysmans e de Robert de Montesquiou, com referências ao nosso hoje, a Nova Iorque e às últimas conquistas da ciência e da técnica." - Urban Tavares Rodrigues, quoted on the back cover. The author of this novella, a journalist, has edited Vida mundial século hoje (1976), given courses on journalism in Guiné-Bissau and Cabo Verde (1982), contributed to the Jornal da tarde (1984), Correio da Manhão (1985) and the Jornal de Abrantes (1999).

 
244. MEDINA, Marta. Escritório. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2005. Colecção Romance. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 215 pp. ISBN: 989-555-101-0. $30.00

The author was born in Luanda, 1956. A lawyer, this is her first novel, and apparently, while she has published some essays and short stories, her first book. It is about an independent woman, a successful lawyer who meets Pedro in the apartment of a girlfriend. Against her better judgement, she spends a vacation with him in the Caribbean. Afterwards, Pedro confesses that he continues to maintain a relationship with her girlfriend. She decides to forget him, but discovers she is pregnant. Enter Bernardo, a married colleague at her law office.
 

245. MELO, Afonso de. Uma sombra laranja-tigre (em forma de panchatantra), romance. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2005. Autores de Língua Portuguesa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 259 pp. ISBN: 972-20-2780-8. $30.00

 
246. MURALE, Joaquim. Dou este mar por um céu de andorinhas, romance. Lisbon: Escritor, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 188 pp., (5 ll.). ISBN: 972-8590-52-0. $30.00

The author's first novel. Born in Estremoz, 1953, he has published two volumes of poetry and two of plays.

 
247. MURTA LOURENÇO, José [Manuel]. Histórias do arco-íris, ficção. Lisbon: Escritor, 2004. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 102 pp., (7 ll.). ISBN: 972-8590-86-5. $22.00

The author, born in Faro, 1949, is a specialist in fantasy. He has published eight volumes of fiction and three of poetry.
 

248. NAVARRO, António Modesto. A insubmissa, romance. Lisbon: SeteCaminhos, 2004. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 151 pp. ISBN: 972-602-014-0. $28.00

The author was born in Vila Flor, Trás-os-Montes. He has published at least 35 books (some using the pseudonym Artur Cortez): novels, short stories, poetry, and works of a sociological character on emigration, popular culture and the situation of the interior of Portugal (Trás-os-Montes, Beira Alta, and the Alentejo). He has contributed to various newspapers and reviews, as well as to television series on the Port wine region and "Crime à Portuguesa". See the dissertation by Frances King, António Modesto Navarro and the Birth of the Portuguese Private Eye (University of Birmingham, England, 1986).

 
249. NAVARRO, António Modesto. Lá em cima na montanha, romance. Lisbon: Garrido, 2003. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 159 pp., (3 ll.). ISBN: 972-8738-67-0. $30.00

Novella about a man's return to his native Trás-os-Montes, after living in Angola and working in Lisbon. He reminisces on his childhood, departure for Angola, and the war there.

 
250. NEVES, Abel. Sentimental. Porto: Asa, 1999. Finisterra: Autores Contemporâneos de Língua Portuguesa. 8°, publ. bds. with d.j. 223, (1) pp. ISBN: 972-41-2013-9. $30.00

Novel about Matias, an antiques dealer in one of the historic zones of Lisbon, and Christa, a young journalist who visits his shop on the way to the Sé Cathedral. She is about the age of his daughter. He falls in love. Born in Montalegre in 1956, the author has published a number of volumes of plays, as well as a volume of poetry. This is his third novel.

 
251. PINTO, Gilberto [António]. A casa da prelada. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2005. Colecção Romance. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 190 pp. ISBN: 989-555-104-5. $25.00

The author's second novel (novella?). He was born in Carrazeda de Ansiães in 1964.

 
252. POMBO, Fátima. As cordas. Lisbon: Teorema, 2005. Colecção Estórias, 156. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 240 pp. ISBN: 972-695-606-4. $38.00

The author's O desenhador (2003) was awarded the Prémio FNAC / Teorema, 2002. It was the first work in a trilogy, of which the present novel is the second. Fátima Pombo received a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Aveiro (1995). She has written three books on music history. This novel is her second work of fiction.
 

253. PORTELA, Artur. As novas de São Bento, romance. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2005. Autores de Língua Portuguesa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 235 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-20-2781-6. $35.00

Epistolary novel. Journalist, "cronista", novelist and essayist, the author was born in Lisbon in 1937, son of the writer and journalist Artur Portela. This is his seventh novel; he has published five other volumes of fiction, 12 volumes of "cronicas", four of drama, six volumes of literary and art history and criticism, and four volumes of interviews. See Alvaro Manuel Machado, Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, p. 389; Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, VI, 453-5; and Ernesto Rodrigues in Biblos, IV, 339.
 

254. REBELO, Tiago. Encontro em Jerusalém. Lisbon: Presença, 2005. Grandes Narrativas, 277. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 242 pp., (2 ll. adv.). ISBN: 972-23-3342-9. $30.00

Novel based at least in part on Rebelo's experience as a reporter in the Middle East. The author has written five previous novels and five volumes of stories for children. He has worked as executive director of a TVI news program.
 

255. REBORDÃO NAVARRO, António. Romance com o teu nome. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2004. Campo da Literatura, 117. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 177 pp. ISBN: 972-610-897-7. $30.00

Awarded the Prémio Florbela Espanca (2003) by the Câmara Municipal de Vila Viçosa. On this author of at least 10 volumes of poetry, 12 novels, a book of short stories, several other volumes of prose, 2 volumes of plays, and editor of an anthology of poetry by Jorge de Lima, born Porto, 1933, see Fernando Guimarães in Machado, ed., Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 335-6. The first two parts of a trilogy, Mesopotâmia (1985) and Praça de Liège (1988), were respectively awarded the Prémio Internacional Miguel Torga and the Prémio Literário Círculo de Leitores. Parábola do passeio alegre (1995), was the third part. He has been awarded several other literary prizes.

 
256. ROSSO, Ariella Broquel. Calêndula. Lisbon: Hugin, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 140 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-794-256-3. $28.00

Novella touching on the "condição feminina portuguesa".

 
257. RUI, Manuel. Rioseco. Lisbon: Cotovia, 1997. Livros Cotovia. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 532 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.). ISBN: 972-8028-89-X. $38.00

The author of this novel was born in Huambo, Angola (1941). He studied law in Portugal, and practiced the legal profession there. Following the independence of Angola, he entered the cultural life of his country. Professor of literature, journalist, participant in radio and cinema, his prose and poetry have been translated into Spanish, French, English, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Czech, Swedish, Finnish, Arabic and Hebrew. His works include Regresso adiado, Crónica de um Mujinbo, 1 Morto & os vivos, and Da palma da mão; his best known work is Quem me dera ser onda, with a total of 100,000 copies sold worldwide; it was even published in a bilingual Portuguese-Umbundu edition.

 
258. SA, Daniel de. A terra permitida. Preface by Luís António de Assis Brazil. Lisbon: Salamandra, 2003. Colecção Garajau, 99. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 157 pp., (3 pp. adv.). ISBN: 972-689-223-6. $28.00

The author has published at least five novellas previous to this one, two books of short stories, one play, and two volumes of essays. His novella Um deus à beira da loucura was awarded the Prémio Nunes da Rosa (conto), Concurso Literário dos Açores, 1990.

 
259. SALDANHA, Ana. Círculo imperfeito. Lisbon: Presença, 1995. Novos Continentes, 62. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 142 pp. ISBN: 972-23-1884-5. $20.00

This first novel won the Prémio Literário Cidade de Almada, 1994. Widely considered one of the best Portuguese writers for younger readers, she has a Ph.D. from the University of Glasgow; her thesis was about the children's books of Rudyard Kipling.

 
260. SARAMAGO, José. The Tale of the Unkown Island. Christine Robinson, trans. Pedro Cabrita Reis, illus. Lisbon: Portuguese Pavilion, Expo'98 / Assirio & Alvim, 1997. Notebooks on the Portuguese Pavilion, Expo'98. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 35 pp., (2 ll.), 4 unn. ll. color plates. ISBN: 972-37-0444-4. $20.00
 

261. SARMENTO, Angela, pseud., a.k.a. "Tareka" [i.e. Maria Tereza Guerra Bastos Gonçalves Moraes Sarmento Ramalho]. A hora da verdade. Dila Cid, illus. Alpiarça: Garrido, 2002. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 141 pp., (1 l.), 17 full page color illus. in text. ISBN: 972-8738-06-4. $25.00

The author, daughter of the painter Raquel Roque Gameiro, has written for several newspapers. One of her short stories was included in an anthology which contained works by Alves Redol and Alvaro Guerra, among others. Her novel A árvore was subsequently adapted for television. She has also written a previous collection of short stories, A beira da estrada, as well as having co-authored the soap opera "Palavras cruzadas". As an actress she has performed in films and on television.
 

262. SILVA, Porfírio da. Ermida. Preface by Jacinto Rodrigues. Lisbon: Garrido, 2003. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 125 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-8738-76-5. $22.00

Novella based on the life and writings of João da Rocha, "O Frei" whose archive is to be found in the Biblioteca Municipal of Viana do Castelo. At the time this book appeared the author was president of the Associação de Jornalistas e Homens de Letras do Alto Minho. Born in Viana do Castelo, 1956, he has published at least ten books and has collaborated in diverse reviews and regional newspapers. He founded and edited the newspaper Foz do Lima, and the literary review Ibis.

 
263. SOARES, Lina [Maria Marques]. O cavaleiro e a moura. Preface by Adalberto Alves. Lisbon: Colibri, 2004. Tribuna Livre. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 119 pp., (1 l.), illus. ISBN: 972-772-518-X. $25.00

Poetic novella set at the castle of Sesimbra, stage of a medieval love story repeated in the present, 800 years later. The author, a Ph.D. in medieval literature, is interested in traditional literature, comparative religion, and medieval luso-arabic poetry. This is her first work of fiction.
 

264. SOARES, Maria Luísa. Olhando o nosso ceu. Queluz de Baixo: Presença, 2005. Grandes Narrativas, 272. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 216 pp., (2 ll. adv.). ISBN: 972-23-3315-1. $30.00

Jesualda, born on the Island of Terceira in the Açores, lost her immediate family in the earthquake of 1980. Fortunately her father had chosen as her godmother an old flame, Lucinda. The author was born on the Ilha de S. Jorge, Açores, 1940. She has written at least two volumes of poetry, one collection of short stories, and two previous novels. Much of her output is scattered among anthologies and newspapers published in the Açores.

 
265. SOUSA COSTA, Luís. Cancioneiro policial da menina Alzira, lenda e narrativa. 2nd ed. Lisbon: Fenda, 2003. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 118 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-8529-98-8. $22.00

First published Lisbon: Moraes, 1977. This second edition contains two significant additions: a preface (pp. 7-19) by Manuel Gusmão, dated April / May 2001, and a "posfácio" by João Bénard da Costa (pp. [115]-[119]).

 
266. TEIXEIRA DE SOUSA, [Henrique]. Entre duas bandeiras. Mem Martins: Europa-América, 1994. Colecção Século XX, 352. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 195, (1) pp., (2 ll. advt.). ISBN: 972-1-03779-6. $24.00

Historical novel taking place between 25 April 1974 and the official independence of Cabo Verde, 5 July 1975.

 
267. TOJAL, Altino do. Viagem a ver o que dá. 5th ed., revised. Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, 2005. Biblioteca de Autores Portugueses. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 195 pp., (1 l.). One of 800 copies. ISBN: 972-27-1363-9. $26.00

On the author (born Braga, 1939), see Serafim Ferreira in Biblos, V, 445-6.

 
268. TOME, Carlos. A noite dos prodígios e outras histórias. Lisbon: Salamandra, 2002. Colecção Garajau, 94. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 224 pp., (1 l., 2 ll. adv.). ISBN: 972-689-211-2. $30.00

The author was born in Ponta Delgada, 1951. A journalist since 1969, he began his career working at the Diário dos Açores. Eight years later he began to work for the RTP-Açores, where he was coordinator of information programs. In 1989 he won the Prémio Açores de Reportagem for work on immigration from the Açores to Rio Grande do Sul. The present short stories, which constitute Carlos Tomé's first book, originally appeared in the Sunday Açoriano oriental.

 
269. VALIS, António. Desconseguiram Angola. Oeiras: Celta, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 150 pp. One of 500 copies. ISBN: 972-774-212-2. $25.00

António Valis was born in Angola in 1952. He is a university professor in Portugal. This is his second volume of fiction.
 

270. VENDA, António Manuel. O medo longe de ti. Lisbon: Temas e Debates, 2003. Lusografias, 11. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 177 pp. ISBN: 972-7559-530-8. $28.00

The author's novella Os abençoados fiéis do Senhor Romão (1997) was awarded the Prémio Literário da Cidade de Almada, 1996. His work has also won prizes from the Instituto Abel Salazar, the Centro Nacional de Cultura, and the Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores. A native of Monchique (b. 1968), he has published several other works of short fiction.

 
271. VENTURA, Mário. O reino encantado, romance. Lisbon: Casa das Letras, 2005. Obras de Mário Ventura. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 204 pp., illus. ISBN: 972-46-1579-0. $30.00

Latest novel by this sometimes controversial author. He belongs to the movement "Seara Nova," whose review he edited; he helped found the weekly Extra, which he also edited. As a professional journalist, Ventura has worked for the Diário Popular and the Diário de Notícias. His historical novel, Vida e morte dos Santiagos (1985; 4th ed., 1993), was awarded the Prémio de Ficção do Pen Club Português and the Prémio Município de Lisboa. He won the Pen Club prize for fiction a second time with his novel Evora e os dias da guerra (1991; 2nd ed., 1998). Ventura published a total of at least eleven novels, as well as a volume of short stories, two volumes of "narrativas" and one volume of literary conversations. See Machado, Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, p. 491.

 
272. VIEGAS, Francisco José. Longe de Manaus. Porto: Asa, 2005. Colecção Finisterra: Authores Contemporâneos de Língua Portuguesa. Obras de Francisco José Viegas. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 443, (1) pp., (2 ll. adv.). ISBN: 972-41-4163-2. $45.00

Detective novel featuring Jaime Ramos, the investigator who has appeared in previous works by Viegas. The body of an unknown man is discovered in an apartment in the outskirts of Porto. The case leads its protagonist to Brazil, and to the Angola of his memory. The reader is transported from nineteenth century Beirute to the heart of the Amazon today, from Porto to São Paulo, from Luanda to Rio de Janeiro and to Amapá. The author, a literary critic, television personality, and journalist, was born in Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Alto Douro in 1962. He was editor of the review Ler, published by the Círculo de Leitores, and has to his credit at least eight novels, eight volumes of poetry, one volume of plays, and three of travels. Under the pseudonym António Sousa Homem he has published Os ricos andam tolos (crónicas de um reaccionário minhoto). "Francisco José Viegas é o melhor romancista surgido nestes últimos tempos na literatura portuguesa." - Maria Teresa Horta, quoted on the back cover of the dust jacket of his detective novel, Um céu demasiado azul (2000).
 

273. VIEIRA DA MOTA, Luís, pseud. [i.e. António Luís da Bota Barbosa]. Renascer em Córdova. Lisbon: Editorial Notícias, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 245 pp. ISBN: 972-46-1591-X. $30.00

Novel awarded the Prémio Literário Vasco Branco, 2004, by the Câmara Municipal de Aveiro. June Keller meets Abel Benissan, a mysterious resident of Córdova, at the Exposição Universal in 1992. They fall in love, and he introduces her to Al-Andaluz. After the first attack on the World Trade Center in 1993, he decides to travel to the East to search out his Muslim origins; he is said to have descended from the last Calif of Córdova of the Omíada dynasty. June returns to the United States, where her life is profoundly altered by the events of 11 September 2001. The author was born in Souto, freguesia de Toutosa (Livração), concelho do Marco de Canaveses, 1941. He served in the army and in 1966 was sent to Angola, where he published stories in the journals Ubique and O barrote. They were collected into his first volume of fiction, Boa viagem e até amanhã (1998). Another collection of stories, O odres, was published in 2000. This was followed by a novel, O alto espaldlar da cadeira de Verga. Several of Vieira da Mota's poems were awarded prizes in provincial poetry contests - a volume of poetry, Arame farpado, appeared earlier in 1998. O legado de mireia was awarded the Prémio Afonso Lopes Vieira for poetry in 2002.

 
274. ZICA, Manuel da, pseud. [i.e. Manuel Peralta Godinho e Cunha]. O gato do campo pequeno. Alpiarça: Garrido, 2002. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 228 pp. ISBN: 972-8738-29-3. $28.00

The author has published numerous articles in specialist journals devoted to bullfighting. He has written an historical work on the subject, as well as a fictionalized account, Moscas taurinas, which rapidly went through two editions in 2001, and the present humorous novel based on events at Lisbon's principal bullring.