RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS
BULLETIN 44

February 2005

 
 PART XIX:

Fiction

 
See also items 223 & 224.

175. ABELAIRA, Augusto. A cidade das flores. 9th ed. Queluz de Baixo: Presença, 2004. Grandes Narrativas, 252. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 258 pp., (2 ll. adv.). ISBN: 972-23-3217-1. $33.00

First published 1959. 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 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.

 
176. AGUALUSA, José Eduardo. D. Nicolau Agua-Rosada e outras estórias verdadeiras e inverosímeis. Lisbon: Vega, 1990. Colecção Palavra Africana. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 138 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 972-699-218-4. $20.00

 
177. AVILA, Miguel. A tentação do dinheiro. Queluz de Baixo: Presença, 2004. O Fio da Navalha, 69. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 447 pp. ISBN: 972-23-3262-7. $40.00

The author's second detective novel, and his third work of fiction. Geoffrey Lannard, a bon vivant sexagenarian who had systematically depleted his inheritance, accepts an invitation to gamble at the table of Vardan Kerskeryan, an Armenian "mafioso".

 
178. BARROSO, Jorge. O último lusitano, romance. Preface by Maria Alberta Menéres. Lisbon: Escritor, 2004. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 221, (1) pp., (4 ll.). ISBN: 972-8590-82-2. $28.00

Jorge [Manuel Russo] Barroso was born in São Tiogo de Rio de Moinhos, concelho de Borba, 1965. He founded the Livraria Pedra Filosofal in Rio de Moinhos. This novel is his first book. He is said to have written two additional novels and three volumes of poetry.
 

179. BRUM, Eduardo Jorge. Viviana, o princípio das coisas. Lisbon: Vega, 1983. Colecção O Chão da Palavra. Sm. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 156 pp., (1 l. adv., 1 l.). ISBN: none. $25.00
 

180. CALDEIRA, João Mário. E agora, Deolinda? Lisbon: Colibri, 2004. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 161 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-772-491-4. $22.00

Novella set in mid-twentieth-century Alentejo. The author was born in Santo Aleixo da Restauração, Concelho de Moura, 1943. At the time this book appeared, he was living in Serpa. He was a member of the Assembleia Municipal de Serpa, and was part of the editorial board of the review Archivo de Beja. He has published two previous books.

 
181. CLAUDIO, Mário, pseud. [i.e. Rui (Manuel Pinto) Barbot Costa]. Gémeos, romance. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2004. Autores da Língua Portuguesa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 134 pp. ISBN: 972-20-2561-9. $24.00

Final volume in a trilogy; the other two volumes are Ursamaior (2000; at least two editons), and Oríon (2003; at least two editions). The author has published at least 20 volumes of fiction, some of which were awarded literary prizes, as well as at least 5 volumes of poetry, two each of theater and criticism, 5 volumes of essays and travels, a photobiography of António Nobre, and an anthology. He has also translated William Beckford and Virginia Woolf, and wrote, under his real name, a book on illiteracy in Portugal. His work has been translated into English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Hungarian, Czech, and Serbo-Croatian. See Alvaro Manuel Machado in Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 129-31.
 

182. JORGE, Lídia. Notícia da cidade silvestre. 10th ed. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 1994. Obras Completas, 3. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 353, (1) pp. ISBN: 972-20-1207-X. $30.00

Third novel by this highly successful author, a narration of the "sentimental education" of a young woman in Lisbon during the late 1960s and 1970s. The first edition appeared in 1984.

 
183. JORGE, Lídia. A Costa dos murmúrios, romance. 12th ed. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2002. Obras [Completas] de Lídia Jorge, [4]. 8, orig. illus. wrps. 259 p. ISBN: 972-20-0217-1. $30.00

First appeared in 1988. Well in excess of 50,000 copies have been printed!

 
184. JORGE, Lídia. O jardim sem limites. 4th ed. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2002. Obras completas de Lídia Jorge, [7]. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 396 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-20-2344-6. $32.00

Novel inspired by incidents in Lisbon in the late 1980s. It first appeared in 1995, and was awarded the Prémio Bordallo de Literatura by the Casa da Imprensa.

 
185. JORGE, Lídia. Marido e outros contos. 3rd ed. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2002. Obras Completas de Lídia Jorge [9]. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 141 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-20-2345-4. $20.00

First published 1997. Highly successful author. Her A Costa dos murmúrios (1988), for example, went through six editions, with a total of 50,000 copies printed.

 
186. JORGE, Lídia. A última dona. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 1992. Obras Completas de Lídia Jorge, [5]. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 337 pp. ISBN: 972-20-0983-4. $35.00
 

187. JORGE, Lídia. O vale da paixão, romance. 4th ed. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2004. Obras de Lídia Jorge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 241 pp. ISBN: 972-20-2671-2. $30.00

Most recent novel by this highly successful author. First published 1998. Awarded the Prémio Máxima da Literatura; Prémio de Ficção do P.E.N. Clube; Prémio Dom Dinis.

 
188. JUDICE, Nuno. O anjo da tempestade, romance. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2004. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 175 pp., (1 l., 1 l. adv.), illus. ISBN: 972-20-2753-0. $25.00

Poet, critic, and author of fiction, the author was born in Mexilhoeira Grande, Algarve, 1949. Having received a Ph.D. in medieval literature from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa in 1989, he has been responsible for critical editions of the Sonetos of Antero de Quental, and the Cancioneiro de D. Dinis. His poetry has received the Prize of the Pen Clube in 1985, the Prémio D. Dinis of the Fundação Casa de Mateus in 1990, and that of the Associação Portuguesa de Escritores in 1994. His novel Por todos os séculos was awarded the Prémio Bordalo by the Casa da Imprensa. His fiction and poetry have been widely translated into Spanish, and some of his work exists as well in Italian, French, and English. See Fernando Guimarães in Machado, ed., Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 252-3; also Fernando J.B. Martinho in Biblos, II, 1300-1.
 

189. LARA FILHO, Ernesto. Crónicas da roda gigante. Porto: Afrontamento, 1990. Colecção Fixões, 19. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 226 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-36-0240-7. $25.00

The author was born in Benguela, 1932 and died in Huambro, 1977. He was a journalist, poet and agricultural engineer, imprisoned by Portuguese authorities for anti-colonial activism.

 
190. MALHEIRO, Helena. O tamanho do mundo. 2nd ed. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2004. Contos. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 187 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 972-555-041-3. $25.00

This collection of fifteen stories was first published 1996. The author was awarded the Prémio Revelação de Ensaio by the Secretaria de Estado da Cultura and by the Associação Portuguesa de Escritores, 1980, for her Os amantes, ou a arte da novela em David Mourão Ferreira. She has also written another volume of literary criticism about David Mourão Ferreira, a novel, and two collections of short stories.

 
191. MANCELOS, João de. As fadas não usam batom. 2nd ed. revised and augmented. Lisbon: Vega, 2004. Colecção O Chão da Palavra, Nova Série. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 177 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-699-791-7. $20.00

Collection of eleven sometimes humorous, sometimes melancholy, sensual short stories. First published 1998 by A Mar Arte, a small publisher in Coimbra, the original edition contained only five stories. According to the author's preface, the stories were completely rewritten for this edition. João de Mancelos has also published in the realm of fiction Veleiros do tempo cósmico: a fantástica odisseia dos rebeldes em luta pela libertação do Império das Estrelas (1988), and Foi amanhã (1999), a collection of science-fiction short stories. He has also written four volumes of poetry, Entre Ausência e Esquecimento (1991); A oeste deste céu (1992); O Labor das Marés (1995); and Línguas de Fogo (2001).

 
192. MARIANO, Gabriel. Vida e morte de João Cabafume. Introdução de Maria Cristina Pacheco. Lisbon: Vega, (1990). Colecção Palavra Africana / Ficção. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 149 pp. ISBN: 972-699-231-1. $20.00
 

193. MELO, João de. As coisas da alma, contos. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2003. Autores da Língua Portuguesa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 195 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-20-2566-X. $24.00

The author of these short stories was born on the island of São Miguel in the Azores (1949). He took part in the Glacial literary movement in Angra between 1969 and 1973. His novel Gente feliz com lágrimas (first published 1988; 18 editions at last count) won the most important literary prizes for the year 1989. Melo has published at least 22 volumes, including 5 novels, 6 collections of stories, 1 volume of poetry, two anthologies, 5 collections of essays, and a travel book about the Açores.

 
194. NEVES, Orlando. Parábola da innocência. Lisbon: Editorial Notícias, 2002. Colecção 13 / 23. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 83 pp. ISBN: 972-46-1345-3. $15.00

 
195. OLIVEIRA PINTO, Alberto. Eu à sombra da figueira da India. Porto: Afrontamento, 1990. Colecção Fixões, 27 (according to the title page verso; spine and back cover say 26). 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 105 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-36-0253-9. $20.00

The author was born in Luanda, 1962, but has lived in Lisbon since an early age.
 

196. PEREIRA DA COSTA, José. A paixão de Claude, romance. Lisbon: Prefácio, 2003. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 157 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-8816-22-7. $26.00

Born in Lisbon, 1945, the author was a student of Vergílio Ferreira and Mário Dionísio at the Liceu Camões. He published poetry in the Diário de Lisboa Juvenil, and contributed short stories to the Diário popular (in 1969 his "O protesto" had its final sentence removed by the Comissão de Censura of the Estado Novo). In Moçambique he worked as a journalist for the Notícias da Beira, publishing there poems, stories and essays, and mixing with intellectuals such as José Craveirinha, Rui Knopffli, and Malangatana Valente. Returning to Portugal in 1970, in 1989 he moved to Brussels as an employee of the European Commission. This appears to be his first novel.

 
197. REAL, Miguel. Memórias de Branca Dias. Lisbon: Temas e Debates, 2003. Lusografias, 12. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 170 pp. , (1 l.). ISBN: 972-759-654-1. $28.00

Novel based on the legendary Branca Dias, a matriarch of sixteenth-century Pernambuco, one of the first female plantation owners in Brazil. Originally from Viana do Castelo, after being denounced by the Inquisition in Lisbon, she embarked for Brazil with her seven children. There she reunited with her husband, Diogo Fernandes, living between Camaragibe and Olinda, where four additional children were born. When the Inquisition made its initial visit to Brazil toward the end of the sixteenth century, her children and grandchildren were arrested, accused of having reverted to Judaism. Branca Dias was burned in an auto-de-fé in the Rossio. The present novel consists of the reminiscences of Branca Dias, including scenes of her upbringing in Minho, her old age in Olinda, her life as a sugar plantation owner, the construction of her great house in Camaragibe and another house on the Rua dos Palhares in Olinda. She recalls Duarte Coelho, the first donatário of Pernambuco, the death of Pedro Alvares da Madeira, eaten by the Tupinambás, as well as the Condomblé of the African slaves, and much more. The author's novel A visão de Túndalo por Eça de Queirós (2000) was awarded the Prémio Literário Ler by the Fundação Círculo de Leitores. The author was previously awarded the Prémio de Revelação APE / IPLB, Ensaio Literário / 1995. Born in Lisbon in 1953, Miguel Real has published a number of works of literary history and criticism, as well as secondary school literary manuals, and a novel in which Plato, near death, confesses to having invented Socrates, using an honored old slave as his model.
 

198. SCHEDEL [de Castello Branco], Teresa. Uma família diferente. Queluz de Baixo: Presença, 2004. Grandes Narrativas, 255. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 200 pp., (2 ll. adv.). ISBN: 972-23-3232-5. $25.00

The author is a distinguished art historian and bibliophile. This brief novel or novella is her fourth work of fiction. Her novella O mosteiro e a coroa was awarded the Prémio Máxima de Romance, 2004.
 

199. SILVA, João Céu e. 28 Dias em Agosto. Lisbon: Editorial Notícias, 2003. Colecção Tinta Nova. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 159 pp. ISBN: 972-46-1473-5. $22.00

Fictional diaries regarding a trip to Venice. The author, born in Alpiarça, 1959, has worked as a journalist for the Diário de Notícias since 1989. This appears to be his first book.

 
200. SOUSA, Sérgio [Brogueira Alves] de. Dr. Virgolino e as suas amigas, ficção. Lisbon: Escritor, 2004. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 103, (1) pp, (1 l.), x ppl, (5 ll.). ISBN: 972-8590-81-4. $22.00

The author was born in Lisbon, 1947. A lawyer, he has lectured at the Faculdade de Direito, Universidade de Lisboa. He has written nine previous books, including a novel, three volumes of shorter fiction, a collection of essays, and a treatise on inheritance law.