RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS BULLETIN 40
February 2004
 

PART XIX:
Fiction

 

See also items 12, 14, 132, 139, 190, and 244.
198. AGUALUSA, José Eduardo. Catálogo de sombras, contos. 3rd ed. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2003. Autores de Língua Portuguesa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 151 pp. ISBN: 972-20-2556-2. $22.00

First published in October of 2003, this third edition appeared that December. 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. His books have been translated into several European languages. See Manuela R.M. Augusto in Biblos I, 84-5.
 

199. ALVIM, Fernando. No dia em que fugimos tu não estavas em casa. Prefaces by Nuno Markl and José Luís Peixoto. 2nd ed. Vila Nova da Famalição: Quasi, 2003. Biblioteca Quarto Crescente. 8°, original illustrated wrappers. 107 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 989-552-035-2. $25.00

"Fernando Alvim nasceu em 1974 e inventou a roda muitos séculos antes. E uma personagem transversal na história da humanidade. A ele devemos a invenção da luz eléctrica, do autoclismo e do martelo pneumático. O trabalho que desenvolve na imprensa, rádio e televisão é apenas a chachada de uma obra incomensurável que começa e acaba num ponto de fuga perdido no horizonte. Em 2008 participará nos Jogos Olímpicos na qualidade de homem invisível. Homem de amores e paixões, tem como único defeito o de perdoar a quem o ofende. E dele a frase 'não gosto de gostar muito, gosto de amar muito'. Neste momento encontra-se a confeccionar panquecas par o pequeno almoço." - publisher's blurb inside front wrapper. According to the publisher's "belt" this collection of short fiction is "poderoso, infeliz, pateticamente triste, o amor em curecas pelo perfeito anormal." Both the first and second editions appeared in November 2003.
 

200. AVILA, Miguel. Fraude na City. Queluz de Baixo: Presença, 2004. O Fio da Navalha, 61. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 334 pp. ISBN: 972-23-3130-2. $32.00

The author's first detective novel, set in England.

 
201. BAZINE, Aleksandre, ed. and trans. 10 Jóias do conto russo. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2003. Campo da Literatura, 92. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 189 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-610-692-3. $28.00

Stories by Aleksandre Kuprine, Andrei Platonaf, Anton Tchekov, Ievueni Zamiatine, Issaak Babel, Iuri Naguibine, and Ivan Bunine.

 
202. BELO, João Tomás. Eu e as mulheres da minha vida. 2nd ed. Queluz de Baixo: Presença, 2003. Grandes Narrativas, 227. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 202 pp., (2 ll. adv.). ISBN: 972-23-3106-X. $26.00

Novel originally published in November of 2003. This second edition appeared in early December.

 
203. CAETANO, António Ferreira. O agoiro do mocho, romance. Lisbon: Escritor, 2003. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 125, (1) pp., (4 ll.). ISBN: 972-8590-64-4. $22.00

Said to be the author's first novel [i.e. novella?]. A native of Forles, Sátão, Beira Alta, he wrote O chopo anarilho e a terra enbrulhada numa história, which was awarded the Prémio Nacional de Teatro Infantil in the 1980s, and was shown on RTP.
 

204. CAMPOS, Fernando [da Silva]. O prisioneiro da Torre Velha. Quare? Lisbon: Difel, 2003. Literatura Portuguesa. 8°, original illustrated wrappers. 415 pp ISBN: 972-29-0669-0. $40.00

Novel set in mid-seventeenth-century Portugal. A caso do pó, the author's first work of fiction, initially published in 1986 (13th ed., 2001), has appeared in French and German translations. It was considered by a number of critics one of the most innovative texts of recent Portuguese fiction. See Maria Nazaré Gomes dos Santos in Machado, ed., Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 100-1; also Dicionário de autores portugueses V, 326-7.
 

205. CARVALHO, Mário de. Fantasia para dois coronéis e uma piscina, romance. Lisbon: Caminho, 2003. O Campo da Palavra. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 227 pp. ISBN: 972-21-1592-8. $28.00

New novel by an author whose work has enjoyed both commercial and critical success. O livro grande de Tebas, Navio e Mariana (1982) won the Prémio Cidade de Lisboa. A paixão do Conde de Fróis (1986; 3rd ed. 1993) was awarded the Prémio Dom Dinis. Quatrocentos mil sestércios (1991) won the Grande Prémio APE for short stories in 1992; Se perguntarem por mim, não estou, seguido de Haja harmonia (1999) received the same award. Um deus passeando pela brisa da tarde (1994), an historical novel set in the ancient world, interweaving passages from Virgil, the Satyricon, and the Bible with the narrative, was awarded the Grande Prémio do Romance, 1995, by the Associação Portuguesa de Escritores. In 1996 it received the Prémio Fernando Namora. The seven editions printed over six years consisted of a total of 18,000 copies - few Portuguese novels have printings of more than 2-3,000 copies, and most stay in-print for years without subsequent editions. Awarded the Pegasus Prize, the book has been translated into English by Gregory Rebassa. The present novel had an initial printing of 10,000 copies, also unusual in Portugal.
 

206. CHIZIANE, Paulina. Niketche: uma história de poligamia, romance. 2nd ed. Lisbon: Caminho, 2002. Outras Margens: Autores Estrangeiros de Língua Portuguesa, 6. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 334 pp. ISBN: 972-21-1476-X. $28.00

According to the publisher's "belt" there were 5,000 copies printed of this second edition, dated the same year as the first, which was said to have been printed in an edition of 3,000. Rami, married twenty years to Tony, an important police officer, with whom she has had several children, discovers that her husband has other families. Born in Manjacaze, Moçambique in 1955, the author has published various short stories in newspapers and reviews. Her first novel, Balada de amor ao vento, which appeared in 1990, was said to be the first novel by a Moçambican woman. Her novel Ventos do apocalipse was self-published in Maputo in 1995, then published in a second edition by Caminho, 1999.

 
207. COELHO, Paulo. Onze minutos. 6th reimpression. Cascais: Pergaminho, 2003. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 279, (1) pp. ISBN: 972-711-511-X. $30.00

Latest novel by this popular author. First published in April 2003, a "first reimpression" appeared later the same month; a "second reimpression" was published in May. This "sixth reimpression" came out later in the year. The book remained on the Portuguese "best seller" lists from April 2003 until January 2004, when this blurb was written.
 

208. FARIA, Filipe. Crónicas de Allaryia: a manopla de Karasthan. Queluz de Baixo: Presença, 2002. Via Láctea, 1. 8°, original illustrated wrappers. 534 pp. ISBN: 972-23-2863-8. $38.00

Awarded the Prémio Branquinho da Fonseca Expresso / Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. Appears to have been influenced by J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

 
209. FARIA, Filipe. Crónicas de Allaryia, Segundo Volume: Os filhos do Flagelo. Queluz de Baixo: Presença, 2002. Via Láctea, 3. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 454 pp. ISBN: 972-23-2964-2. $35.00

 
210. FARIA, Filipe. Crónicas de Allaryia, Terceiro Volume: Marés negras. Queluz de Baixo: PresençaPresença, 2003. Via Láctea, 14. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 558 pp. ISBN: 972-23-3122-1. $38.00
 

211. FIGUEIREDO, Maria do Pilar. Passagem de nível, romance. Lisbon: Escritor, 2003. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 193, (1) pp., (1 blank l., 3 ll.). ISBN: 972-8590-63-6. $26.00

This is the author's eighth work of longer fiction; she has published as well five volumes of short stories, an essay, a travel book (Goa: a terra e o mito), a biography of Alfredo Carvalhaes, and a genealogical treatise.

 
212. FIGUEIREDO, Nuno [Alberto Marques] de. Os sinos de S. Bartolomeu. Lisbon: Temas e Debates, 2002. Lusografias, 5. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 225 pp. ISBN: 972-759-490-5. $32.00

Novel set in Coimbra during the 1950s, written by a native of that city. The author's Parábolas de salvação was awarded the Prémio de Poesia Victor Matos e Sá, Universidade de Coimbra. Most of his other volumes of poetry (at least 7), were published under the name Alberto Marques; three of those volumes have received prizes. The author's volume of poetry, A única estação, was awarded the Prémio de Poesia Cesário Verde by the Câmara Municipal de Oiras, 2001. His novel Arquipélago (1998) - one of five volumes of fiction - won the Prémio Amorim Rosa. Figueiredo's stories and poems have appeared in several anthologies.
 

213. FONSECA, Rubem. Diário de um fescenino. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2003. Campo da Literatura, 95. 8°, original illustrated wrappers. 205 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 972-610-712-1. $26.00

The author, born in Minas Gerais in 1925, has written at least 9 volumes of short stories, 4 novels, a novella, and an anthology. Several of his books have been awarded literary prizes, including the Prémio Camões and the Prémio Jabuti.
 

214. FONSECA, Rubem. Pequenas criaturas. 2nd ed. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2003. Campo da Literatura, 90. 8°, original illustrated wrappers. 229 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-610-700-8. $30.00

Short stories. First published June 2003; this second edition appeared in July.

 
215. FRANÇA, José-Augusto. Cem cenas: quadros e contos. Volume I. Lisbon: AconTecimenTo, 2003. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 312 pp. ISBN: 972-8011-44-X. Volume I. $30.00

José-Augusto França is one of Portugal's leading art and cultural historians, as well as being an important critic, literary figure, and intellectual. He was a leader in the introduction of surrealism to Portugal. After a long absence, he has recently returned to writing fiction; within the past year or so two new novels appeared, and now this collection of stories, in principle to be followed by more volumes of collected stories. See Alvaro Manuel Machado, Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 201-2; Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, V, 203-6; and Fernando J.B. Martinho in Biblos, II, 677-8.

 
216. FRANÇA, José-Augusto. Regra de três, romance. Lisbon: Quetzal, 2003. Serpente Emplumada. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 249 pp. ISBN: 972-564-553-7. $33.00

 
217. FREIRE, Jaime. Any Time is Tee Time, e outras histórias. Nuno Freire, illus. Coimbra: Angelus Novus, 2003. Política dos Autores, 13. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 140 pp., (1 l.), illus. ISBN: 972-8827-00-8. $22.00

Golf novella.

 
218. FREIRE ANTUNES, José. Os espanhóis e Portugal. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2003. Lge. 8°, publ. cloth with d.j. 733 pp., illus. ISBN: 989-555-050-2. $55.00

 
219. FREITAS, Ascêncio de. A paz enfurecida, romance. Lisbon: Caminho, 2003. O Campo da Palavra. 8°, original illustrated wrappers. 437 pp., (3 ll. adv.). ISBN: 972-21-1584-7. $45.00

Historical novel set in Moçambique during its post-independence civil war, which the author experienced first-hand. Born in Gafanha da Nazaré (Ilhavo) in 1926, Ascêncio de Freitas emigrated to Moçambique in 1948. He lived there for thirty years, traveling throughout the country. His novel, "A reconquista de Olivença," was awarded the Prémio Vergílio Ferreira for 1999 by the Câmara Municipal de Gouveia. Also, he has published, among other works, Carmen era o nome (1997), a novel set in Moçambique toward the end of the war for independence, O canto da sangardata (2000), a novel set in Moçambique just after independence, and Na outra margem da guerra (2000), a novel inspired by the "true facts" concerning the liberation of prisoners in Moçambique after the events of 25th April 1974.
 

220. GOUVEIA, Francisco. O jardim secreto, romance. Lisbon: Editorial Bizâncio, 2003. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 258 pp. ISBN: 972-53-0219-2. $28.00

Historical novel set in a remote village in Trás-os-montes at the time of the Napoleonic invasions. The author was born in Porto in 1953. In addition to long years of literary and journalistic activity, he has written two previous novels, at least three collections of short stories, and has founded several academic journals.

 
221. GRAÇA, Júlio. Crónica da libertação da Etiópia. Preface by José Jorge Letria. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2003. Campo da Literatura, 96. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 281 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 972-610-723-7. $33.00

Historical novel set in the sixteenth century in Ethiopia and other places travelled by the Portuguese. The author, a neo-realist poet, novelist, museum director, political militant and union activist, was born in Vila Franca de Xira in 1923. He has published at least a dozen previous works. See Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, V, 282-3.

 
222. IVO CRUZ, Mafalda. Vermelho, romance. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2003. Autores de Língua Portuguesa. 8°, original illustrated wrappers. 214 pp. ISBN: 972-20-2545-7. $25.00

The author, from a family of prominent musicians, has published three previous novels, Um requiem português (1995), A casa do diabo (2000), and O rapaz de Botticelli (2002), which were well received by critics. She writes for the newspaper Público.
 

223. LEAL, Leonilde. As amantes, ficção. Lisbon: Escritor, 2003. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 122 pp., (5 ll.). ISBN: 972-8590-62-8. $20.00

Short stories. The author has published four novels, seven volumes of short stories, an imaginary diary, and five volumes of poetry, one of which, Na lassidão do sono, was awarded the Prémio Rual de Carvalho.

 
224. LOBO ANTUNES, António. Boa tarde às coisas aqui em baixo, romance. Estabelecimento do texto por Agripina Carriço Vieira. Edição @ne varietur de acordo com a vontade do author. Maria Alzira Seixo, ed. 3rd ed. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2003. António Lobo Antunes, Obra Completa, Edição @ne varietur, 18. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 573, (1) pp. ISBN: 972-20-2547-3. $42.00

First published in October of 2003; this third edition appeared in December.

 
225. LOMBARDI, Bruna. Filmes proibidos, romance. Vila Nova da Famalição: Quasi, 2003. Arranjos para Assobio, 9. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 269 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 989-552-020-4. $30.00

Born in Rio de Janeiro, the author is an actress, poet, and author with several best sellers to her credit.
 

226. MOREIRAS, Paulo. A demanda de D. Guas Bragatela. Lisbon: Temas e Debates, 2002. Lusografias, 7. 8°, original illustrated wrappers. 307 pp. ISBN: 972-759-505-7. $38.00

"Romance pícaro" set in Portugal and Spain of the fourteenth century. The central character is a Quixote-like figure. The author was born in Lourenço Marques, Moçambique in 1969. He arrived in Portugal in 1975, first living in Douro, then Almada; he was residing in Meirinhas, between Leiria and Pombal, when this book appeared. He has published previously limited editions of poetry, prose, and comics. In 1996 he was responsible for the text in the comic book album Hermínio, regresso a Portucale, for which Victor Borges was the artist. Having worked for a year as a journalist from August 2000 to August 2001, he published a treatise on Portuguese cherry liqueur, Elogio da ginja.

 
227. NASSAR, Raduan, Adélia Prado, Ruy Duarte de Carvalho, et al. Fotografia de grupo: antologia de contos. Lisbon: Cotovia, 2003. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 273 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-795-083-3. $28.00

The present anthology contains fifteen short stories by fifteen authors, from Brazil (6), Angola (1), and Portugal (8), from different generations. What they have in common is that they write in the Portuguese language, and that they have written previously for Edições Cotovia, which is celebrating its 15th anniversary in publishing. The other authors included are Manuel Rui, Teresa Veiga, Eduarda Dionísio, Milton Hatoum, Luísa Costa Gomes, Pedro Paixão, Rubens Figueiredo, Abel Neves, Bernardo Carvalho, Frederico Lourenço, André Sant'Anna, and Jacinto Lucas Pires.

 
228. NORTON, Cristina. O segredo da bastarda. 4th ed. Lisbon: Temas e Debates, 2003. Lusografias, 6. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 323 pp. ISBN: 972-759-212-0. $40.00

Historical novel set in late eighteenth-century Portugal, first published in June of 2002. This fourth edition appeared the same month, one year later. The author, a native of Buenos Aires (b. 1948), began in 1961 to publish stories and poetry in the literary supplements of various Lisbon journals. Later she settled in Portugal, studying the fine arts and art history. Her first novel, O afinador de pianos, about a piano tuner from Madrid whose profession takes him to Galicia at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, on to the Lisbon of Salazar, and later to the Buenos Aires of Juan Peron and Evita, was published in 1997. In 2000 another novel, O Lázaro do Porto, was published in the same collection as the present one.

 
229. PEDROSA, Inês. Fica comigo esta noite, contos. 2nd ed. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2003. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 133 pp. ISBN: 972-20-2601-1. $22.00

This collection of short stories first appeared in November of 2003. This second edition was published later the same month. Inês Pedrosa was born in Coimbra in 1962. She has worked for O Jornal, O Independente, Expresso, and Marie Claire. Her first novel, A Instrução dos amantes (1992) achieved a fifth edition (1998). Her second, Nas tuas mãos (1997; 3rd ed., 1998), was awarded the Prémio Máxima de Literatura. She has had published as well volumes of poetry, short stories, and essays, several of which have been "best sellers," and has been represented in and edited anthologies.

 
230. PEIXOTO, José Luís. Uma casa na escuridão. Lisbon: Temas e Debates, 2002. Lusografias, 8. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 251 pp. ISBN: 972-759-369-0. $32.00

The author's Morreste-me, ficção (2000) was awarded a prize by the Instituto Português da Juventude and the Clube Português de Artes e Ideias. His short novel, Nenhum olhar, first published in October, 2000, had reached a fifth edition in October, 2002, and was awarded the Prémio Saramago. Peixoto was born in Galveias, concelho de Ponte de Sor, distrito de Portalegre in 1974; this is his third volume of fiction. He has also published at least two volumes of poetry.

 
231. PRADO, Adélia. Solte os cachorros. Lisbon: Cotovia, 2003. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 124 pp., (1 l.). One of 1,000 copies. ISBN: 972-795-078-7. $25.00

First published in São Paulo in 1979, these short stories form the author's first book of prose. She was born in Divinópolis, Minas Gerais in 1935, has written a number of volumes of poetry, and has been translated into English.
 

232. RAMOS, Isabel. Também teno saudades de tudo. Mem Martins: Sporpress, 2003. Colecção Contemporâneos. 8°, publ. blind-stamped bds. with d.j. 285 pp. ISBN: 972-8696-10-8. $30.00

This is the author's first novel. She was born in Lisbon in 1956; she began to write poetry and short essays in the 1970s; in 1976 her work was included in an anthology of poetry, Só de passagem.

 
233. RAPOSO, Abel. A ilha. Setúbal: vtpnp, 2000. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. with d.j. 152 pp., (1 blank l., 2 ll.). One of 500 copies. ISBN: 972-95274-4-X. $20.00

Novel (?) composed of many brief episodes.

 
234. REBELO PINTO, Margarida. I'm in Love with a Popstar. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2003. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 206 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 989-555-038-3. $28.00

The author has had several best-selling books, including at least three novels and a collection of essays.
 

235. ROCHA, Hugo (Porto 1907-Porto 1993). "Requiem" por um amor doutro mundo e outras histórias, novelas e contos. Porto: Lello & Irmão, 1977. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 253 pp., (1 l.). Wrps. somewhat worn, spine slightly defective. ISBN: none. $25.00

On the poet, author of fiction, essaist and journalist Hugo [Amílcar de Freitas] Rocha, see Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, IV, 330-2.

 
236. SEABRA, Manuel de. Odiai-vos uns aos outros, romance. Lisbon: Escritor, 2003. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 242 pp., (6 ll.). ISBN: 972-8590-70-9. $28.00

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 authores portugueses, VI, 160-1.

 
237. SIMÕES, João Gaspar (1903-1987). Elói; Pântano. Prefaces by Eugénio Lisboa and José-Augusto França. Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, 2003. Biblioteca de Autores Portugueses. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 382 pp., (1 l. colophon). One of 800 copies. ISBN: 972-27-1286-1. $40.00

The prefaces, original to this edition, occupy pp. 7-11 and 155-65. Elói was first published in 1932; it was republished in 1941, (1959?), and 1983. Pântano was first published in 1940; a second edition appeared in 1946. The author of fiction, dramatist, critic, director of literary magazines and publishing houses João Gaspar Simões was one of the most influential Portuguese literary figures of the second and third quarters of the twentieth century. See Luís Forjaz Trigueiros in Machado, ed., Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 457-9; Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, IV, 177-9; Saraiva & Lopes, 16th ed., pp. 418, 420, 489, 537, 734-5, 781-2, 812, 850, 852, 874, 876, 949, 974-5, 999-1000, 1023, 1029-31, 1033-4, 1038, 1043, 1050-1, 1053, 1057-8, 1062, 1064, 1066-7, 1088, 1091, 1105, and 1160.

 
238. SOUSA, Sérgio de. Nas férias, conto. Lisbon: Escritor, 2003. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 40 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: none. $10.00

Five short stories. The author, a lawyer born in Lisbon in 1947, has written eight previous books, including a novel, two volumes of shorter fiction, a collection of essays, and a treatise on inheritance law.

 
239. TAVARES, Gonçalo M. Um homem: Klaus Klump. Livros pretos, 1, romance. Lisbon: Caminho, 2003. O Campo da Palavra. Cadernos de Gonçalo M. Tavares, 7. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 136 pp., (1 l., 3 ll. adv.). ISBN: 972-21-1574-X. $20.00

Born in 1970, the author published his first work, Livro da dança, in 2001. His Senhor Valéry (2002) was awarded the Prémio Branquinho da Fonseca by the weekly newspaper Expresso and the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. Investigações. Novalis, poesia (2002) was awarded the Prémio Revelação de Poesia APE / IPLG, 1999. A volume of poems, O homem ou é tonto ou é mulher (2002), was adapted for the stage at the Teatro Aberto during the "encontro do Novíssimo Teatro de Expressão Portuguesa e Alemã" by the Artistas Unidos n' A Capital.
 

240. TEIXEIRA NEVES, Pedro. Uma visita a Bosch. Lisbon: Temas e Debates, 2003. Lusografias, 9. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 153 pp. ISBN: 972-759-541-3. $28.00
This "Romance" is loosely based on Bosch's painting of The Last Judgement. The author was born in Lisbon in 1969. A journalist since 1994, he worked for the weekly newspaper Semanário; in 1998 he moved to the magazine Arte ibérica, where he became editor-in-chief in 1999. That year he assumed the same function at the Agenda cultural de Lisboa. When this book appeared he was directing the review Magazine artes. His poetry appeared in the Diário de notícias Jovem, and he has written short stories for various publications, as well as for the Internet. This is his first work of longer fiction, and appears to be his first book.

 
241. VARATOJO, Artur. Contos de Natal do inspector. Lisbon: Bertrand, 2003. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 121 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-25-1343-5. $20.00

The author was born in Lisbon in 1926. He has written numerous detective stories and novels. He has also written for various newspapers, including a famous series of essays "Crime visto por . . ." in Capital.

 
242. VIEIERA, Arménio. O eleito do sol. Lisbon: Vega, 1992. Palavra Africana. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 146 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-699-321. $25.00

This is the first work of fiction - a novel set in ancient Egypt - by this Caboverdian poet. A native of Praia, he was one of the energizers of the group which created Sèló, the literary supplement to Notícias de Cabo Verde (1962).

 
243. ZANATTI, Ana. Os sinais do medo. 4th ed. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2003. Autores de Língua Portuguesa. 8°, original illustraed wrappers. 284 pp. ISBN: 972-20-2412-4. $28.00

The author was born in Lisbon in 1949. An actress awarded prizes on diverse occasions for her work, this is her first novel, and apparently her first book. The first edition appeared in May 2002. A second edition followed in June. This fourth edition appeared in July 2003.