RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS
BULLETIN 47

July 2005

 
PART XVIII:

Fiction

 
See also items 180, 206, 251, 392, 393, 401 & 417.

292. ABRANCHES, Henrique. Gente que anda por aí, contos. Lisbon: Caminho, 2004. Colecção Outras Margens: Autores Estrangeiros de Língua Portuguesa, 30. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 161 pp. ISBN: 972 - 21 - 1639 - 9. $24.00

The ethnologist, poet, novelist, artist, essayist, and musicologist Henrique [Mário de Carvalho Moutinho] Abranches was born in Lisbon in 1932. He embarked for Angola in 1947, where he began to manifest his multifaceted intellectual, creative, and subversive activities in the second half of the 1950s. The author has written a number of other books, including novels (some of science fiction), a novella, and at least three volumes of poetry. Several of his books have received literary prizes. See Lourenço do Rosário in Biblos, I, 14 - 5; also Dicionário de autores portugueses VI, 101 - 3.

 
293. ALMEIDA, Leonor Duarte de. Só me falta ser viúva. Preface by Ana Gomes. Lisbon: Prefácio, 2004. Colecção Romance e Ficção. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 127 pp. ISBN: 972 - 8816 - 54 - 5. $28.00

The author of these stories was an ophthalmologist practicing at the Hospital de Santa Maria in Lisbon at the time this volume appeared. Her previous book of short stories, Esgares e sorrisos, was awarded the Prémio Revelação SOPEAM, 2002, and the Prémio Novos Autores Portuguese for 2002 by the IPLB.

 
294. ALVES DE FRAGA, Luís [Manuel]. A dama de ouros, romance histórico. Lisbon: Prefácio, 2005. Colecção Romance e Ficção. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 164 pp. ISBN: 972 - 8816 - 40 - 5. $34.00

A French woman, the lover of a Portuguese artillery officer, arrives in Figueira da Foz in 1917. The population of the small town, suspicious of foreigners, suspects she is a spy. The author, an air force reserve colonel, has written several historical works, such as O fim da ambiguidade: a estratégia nacional portuguesa de 1914 - 1916 (2001), and Guerra & marginalidade: o comportamento das tropas portuguesas em França, 1917 - 1918 (2003). This historical novella appears to be his first work of fiction.
 

295. BARQUINHA, Carlos. Crime ou eutanásia? Porto: Caixotim, 2004. Colecção Letras do Caixotim, Ficção Portuguesa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 174 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972 - 8651 - 65 - 1. $28.00

 
296. BEJA, Filomena Marona. A sopa. Porto: Ambar, 2004. Colecção Cântico Final, 23. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 196 pp. ISBN: 972 - 43 - 0744 - 1. $29.00

The author's third novel. As cidadãs (1998) and Betânia (2000) were both published by Cotovia. She was born in Lisbon, 1944.

 
297. BERGONSE, Raffaello. Soledad. Porto: Ambar, 2004. Colecção Cântico Final, 28. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 175 pp. ISBN: 972 - 43 - 0749 - 2. $28.00

This novella, described by the publisher as "a fable of love and destiny" is set around Marvão in the Northeast Alentejo, the region of the author's ancestors, which has fascinated him for a long time. It appears to be his first book of fiction for adults. A resident of Lisbon at the time this volume appeared, he has written and illustrated a number of children's books.

 
298. BICA, Fátima. O diário da stôra Lili. Lisbon: Colibri, 2005. Tribuna Livre. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 226 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972 - 772 - 544 - 9. $30.00

Lilli, or Eva Ermelinda de Alencerro da Nóbrega Côrte Real de S. Francisco de Salles e Vila Seca de Castelo, great grandaughter of the Marquês de Vila Seca, studied in the best schools and universities of Portugal and abroad. She is a poetess with various published works. But to the great shame of her mother, she has to earn her living teaching English in the secondary school Dr. Dedalina Inês. The author was born in Mira in 1966. At the time this book appeared she was teaching in a secondary school in Mira. She published a collection of short stories in 1999 and a volume of poetry in 2003.

 
299. BORGES, Mário. Amor plástico. Porto: Caixotim, 2002. Colecção Letras do Caixotim, Ficção Portuguesa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 271 pp. ISBN: 972 - 8651 - 13 - 9. Novel of daily life, featuring the interactions of youngsters with adults. $28.00

 
 
300. BORGES COELHO, João Paulo. Indicos indícos, I: Setentrião, estórias. Lisbon: Caminho, 2005. Outras Margens, 40. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 214 pp. ISBN: 972 - 21 - 1703 - 3. $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 collection of five stories is his third work of fiction, preceded by the novels As duas sombras do rio (2003), and As visitas do Dr. Valdez (2004).

 
301. BOTELHO, Abel [Acácio de Almeida, 1855 - 1917]. Mulheres da Beira (contos). Porto: Lello, 2004. Colecção Obras de Referência. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 225 pp., (1 l.), frontisport. ISBN: 972 - 48 - 1839 - X. $28.00

On the novelist, playwright, poet, essayist academician and diplomat Abel Botelho, see Etelvina Santos in Machado, ed., Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 67 - 9.

 
302. BOTELHO, Afonso. As donas chamam, A família imaginária, A morte em férias. Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, 2005. Biblioteca de Autores Portugueses. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 252 pp., (1 l.). One of 800 copies. ISBN: 972 - 27 - 1411 - 2. $40.00

A previously unpublished novella, followed by two previously unpublished short stories. On Afonso [José Matoso de Sousa] Botelho (b. Coimbra, 1919), see Paulo A.E. Borges in Biblos, I, 724 - 6; also Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, IV, 701 - 3.

 
303. BRITO ARANHA, Eduardo. Um barco fardado. Lisbon: Roma Editora, 2005. Colecção Guerra Colonial. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 194 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972 - 8490 - 63 - 1. $28.00

Fictionalized account of the author's experiences of military service in Angola in the early 1970s. The Portuguese colonial wars in Africa during the 1960s and early 1970s have turned out to have been one of the most productive creative writing courses in history!

 
304. BRUM, Margarida. Em casa de estranhos. Lisbon: Bizâncio, 2005. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 310 pp. ISBN: 972 - 53 - 0255 - 9. $30.00

Second novel by a promising young writer born in the Açores. Her first novel, Enquanto esta música durar és só minha (2001), was well received by the critics.

 
305. CÂMARA, Maria João da. Crónica de amor e mar. São João do Estoril: Sopa de Letras, 2004. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 191 pp. ISBN: 972 - 8708 - 16 - 5. $26.00

Historical novella set in Lisbon and in the Orient between 1560 and 1710. The author has a master's degree in history, has worked on various artistic and cultural projects, and is interested in genealogy and heraldry. This appears to be her second work of fiction. Um príncipe quase perfeito, an historical novel, was published in 2002. She has written a biography, Pedro de Figueiredo (1657 - 1722).
 

306. CÂMARA, Nuno da. A rosa amarela. Mem Martins: Europa - América, 2005. Contemporânea, 96. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 187, (1) pp., (2 ll. adv.). ISBN: 972 - 1 - 05383 - X. $28.00

Novella set in Macau during the final decade of the twentieth century. The author, born in Lisbon (father Portuguese, mother English), collaborated with César de Oliveira in writing the 1978 television series "O espelho dos acásios", the first of many television programs on which he collaborated.

 
307. CAMPOS, Fernando [da Silva]. O cavaleiro da Aguia Lisbon: Difel, 2005. Literatura Portuguesa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 407 pp. ISBN: 972 - 29 - 0735 - 2. $35.00

Novel set in twelfth - 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. O homem da máquina de escrever (1987; 2nd ed., 1997), was translated into French and Italian. A esmeralda partida (1995; 4th ed., 1999), was awarded the Prémio Eça de Queirós by the Câmara Municipal de Lisboa. See Maria Nazaré Gomes dos Santos in Machado, ed., Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 100 - 1; also Dicionário de autores portugueses, V, 326 - 7.

 
308. CANAIS, Pedro. A lenda de Martim Regos: onde se conta a história assombrosa de certo Português que andou à ventura nas quatro partes do mundo. 2nd ed. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2004. Colecção Romance. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 603 pp. ISBN: 989 - 555 - 079 - 0. $50.00

The author was born in Torres Noves, 1962. This is his first novel, and appears to be his first book. This second edition appeared in October 2004; the first edition was published earlier the same year.

 
309. CÂNDIDO FRANCO, António. A rainha morta e o rei saudade: o amor de Pedro e Inês de Castro. 3rd ed., revised. Lisbon: Esquilo, 2005. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 231 pp., folding genealogical table. ISBN: 972 - 8605 - 30 - 7. $30.00

The author's Poesia oculta (estudos sobre a moderna lírica portuguesa) was unanimously awarded the Prémio de Ensaio Literário (given by the Biblioteca Nacional, Lisbon) for 1992 by a jury consisting of Nuno Júdice, Diogo Pires Aurélio and Helena Carvalhão Buescu. His Eleonor na serra de Pascoaes was awarded the Prémio Revelação de Ensaio de 1989 by the Associação Portuguesa de Escritores - Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro. He has written a number of volumes of poetry and criticism, and contributed to A planície e o abismo (Actas do Congresso sobre Florbela Espanca realizado na Universidade de Evora).

 
310. [CARLOS, Jorge, and Mucio Sa, possible authors?] Was Bach Brazilian? Lisbon: Teorema, 2004. Colecção Outras Estórias. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 173 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972 - 695 - 593 - 9. $28.00

Despite the title, this book is written entirely in Portuguese.

 
311. CARVALHO, Ruy Duarte de. As paisagens propícias, ficção. Lisbon: Cotovia, 2005. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 339 pp., (2 ll.), map. One of 1,000 copies. ISBN: 972 - 795 - 117 - 1. $35.00

This poet and writer of fiction was born in Angola in 1941, and contributed to the "modernidade" of Angolan poetry at the beginning of the 1970s. He received the Prémio National de Literatura de Angola in 1989. An anthropologist with a Ph.D. from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, he was "Professor titular" at the Universidade de Luanda at the time this book appeared; previously he was visiting professor at the universities of São Paulo and Coimbra. With at least three volumes of poetry and three of fiction to his credit, he has also published important works of non - fiction: Ana a Manda (1989), Vou lá visitar pastores: exploração epistolar de um percurso angolano em território Kuvale (1999) and Actas da Maianga (2003).

 
312. CARVALHO, Sandra. A última feiticeira: a saga das pedras mágicas. Queluz de Baixo: Presença, 2005. Via Láctea, 29. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 358 pp., (1 l. adv.). ISBN: 972 - 23 - 3345 - 3. $35.00

The author was born in 1972 in Santiago, Sesimbra. This fantasy novel appears to be her first book. Another similar work is promised shortly.

 
313. COELHO, Luísa, ed. Intimidades: antologia de contos eróticos femininos. Preface by Luísa Coelho. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2005. Autores de Língua Portuguesa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 188 pp. ISBN: 972 - 20 - 2771 - 9. $26.00

Authors of these erotic stories are Lídia Jorge, Inês Pedrosa, Ana Miranda, Branca Maria de Paula, Guiomar de Grammont, Lygia Fagundes Telles, Maria Teresa Horta, Teolinda Gersão, Nélida Piñon, and Rita Ferro.

 
314. CORREIA, Hélia. Fascinação, seguido de A Dama pé - de - cabra. (By Alexandre Herculano). Lisbon: Relógio d'Agua, 2004. Ficção Portuguesa, 70. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 63 pp., (3 ll.). ISBN: 972 - 708 - 804 - X. $18.00

On Hélio Correia (b. Lisbon, 1949), see Maria de Lourdes Netto Simões in Machado, Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 140 - 1.

 
315. DINIS, Júlio, pseud. [i.e. Joaquim Guilherme Gomes Coelho, 1839 - 1871]. A morgadinha dos canaviais, romance. Porto: Porto Editora, 2004. Mundo das Letras. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 576 pp. ISBN: 972 - 0 - 04203 - 6. $35.00

On the short - lived physician, playwright, poet and novelist who wrote under the pseudonym Júlio Dinis, born in Porto of a Portuguese father and English mother, see Isabel Pires de Lima in Machado, ed., Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 166 - 8; Helena Carvalhão Buescu in Biblos, II, 155 - 60; Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, II, 208 - 9; Saraiva & Lopes, História da literatura portuguesa (16th ed.), pp. 801 - 2, 804 - 8, et passim; Bell, Portuguese Literature, pp. 314 - 6, 317, 324.

 
316. DINIS, Júlio, pseud. [i.e. Joaquim Guilherme Gomes Coelho, 1839 - 1871]. As pupilas do Senhor Reitor. Mem Martins: Europa - América, 2005. Colecção Clássicos, 88. 8°, publ. illus. bds. with d.j. 325, (1) pp., (1 l. adv.). ISBN: 972 - 1 - 05500 - X. $35.00
 

317. FALLORCA, Jorge. Al - Khaïma. Lisbon: Teorema, 2004. Colecção Estórias, 152. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 161 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972 - 695 - 563 - 7. $26.00

The author was born in Mortágua, 1949. He has published at least eight previous books, most if not all volumes of poetry, besides being represented in several poetical anthologies, and having collaborated on the journal Record between 1991 and 1998, the review Todo - o - terreno (1993 - 4), and the weekly Volante (1994 - 7).

 
318. FARIA, Filipe. Crónicas de Allaryia, Quarto Volume: A essência da lâmina. Queluz de Baixo: Presença, 2005. Via Láctea, 30. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 478 pp., (1 l. adv.). ISBN: 972 - 23 - 3363 - 1. $45.00

The first volume was awarded the Prémio Branquinho da Fonseca Expresso / Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, while the second received the Matilde Rosa Araújo - Revelação na Literatura Infantil e Juvenil (2002). Appears to have been influenced by J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
 

319. FERNANDES, [José] Gomes. A ruína (crónica romanceada). Porto: Caixotim, 2004. Colecção Letras do Caixotim, Ficção Portuguesa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 142 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972 - 8651 - 36 - 8. $25.00

The author (b. Oliveira de Azeméis, 1939), former deputy in the National Legislature (1976 - 1983), worked as architect of the Gabinete de Urbanização da Câmara Municipal do Porto (1967 - 1976), and subsequently in other positions dealing with urban planing and renewal. His novella about a war declared by the municipal authorities against pigeons, from the pigeons' point of view, A revolta das pombas, appeared in 2001.

 
320. FERREIRA DA CUNHA, Paulo. E foram muito felizes. Porto: Caixotim, 2002. Colecção Letras do Caixotim, Ficção Portuguesa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 123 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972 - 8651 - 12 - 0. $22.00

Collection of short fiction with the common theme of mythology. The author has written a volume on the philosophy of Luso - Brazilian law, a book of poems, and a work of literary criticism.
 

321. FIGUEIREDO, Tomaz [Xavier de Azevedo Cardoso] de (1902 - 1970). A toca do lobo: Fim, A toca do lobo, Uma noite na toca do lobo. Preface (pp. 9 - 26) by Mário Cláudio. Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, 2005. Biblioteca de Autores Portugueses. Obras Completas de Tomaz de Figueiredo. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 579 pp., (1 l.). One of 1,000 copies. ISBN: 972 - 27 - 1296 - 9 (as per inside rear wrapper), or 972 - 27 - 1263 - 2 (as per verso of half title). $55.00

On Thomaz de Figueiredo, see Artur Anselmo in Machado, ed., Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, p. 197; João Bigotte Chorão in Biblos, II, 585 - 7; and Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, IV, 135 - 7.

 
322. FRANÇA, José - Augusto. A bela angevina, romance. Queluz de Baixo: Presença, 2005. Grandes Narrativas, 283. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 182 pp., (2 ll. adv.). ISBN: 972 - 23 - 3359 - 3. $28.00

Historical novel (or novella?) based on the life of Eça de Queiroz. 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; since 2002 he has produced three new novels and a collection of stories, in principle to be followed by three additional novels and a volume containing two novellas. 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.

 
323. GRAVE, João [José (1872 - 1934)]. Gente pobre: cenas da vida rural. Porto: Lello, 2005. Colecção Obras de Referência. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 207, (1) pp., frontisport. ISBN: 972 - 48 - 1842 - X. $28.00

First published 1912 (3rd ed., 1924). On the pharmacist João Grave, who became director of the Biblioteca Pública Municipal do Porto, see Alvaro Manuel Machado, Dicionário da literatura portuguesa, p. 231; also Virgínia Carvalho Nunes in Biblos, II, 890 - 1; and Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, III, 126.
 

324. GUEDES DE CARVALHO, Rodrigo. A casa quieta, romance. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 263 pp. ISBN: 972 - 20 - 2857 - X. $32.00

The author is a journalist, born in Porto, 1964. This is his second novel. His first, Daqui a nada (1992), was the winner in Portugal of the Prémio Jovens Talentos, sponsored by the United Nations. In 1997 he received the Prémio Especial of the Jury for the International Festival of FIGRA, in France, for investigative reporting about hospital emergency rooms. His play Os pés no arame opened in Lisbon in 2002.

 
325. GUERREIRO DUARTE, Maria José. As armadilhas da paixão, ou verdadeira história d'El - Rei D. Afonso o Sexto de Portugal. Lisbon: Vega, 2005. Colecção O Chão da Palavra, Ficção. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 241 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 972 - 699 - 761 - 5. Historical novel. $35.00

 
326. HESPANHOL, João. Flor da rosa. Porto: Caixotim, 2004. Colecção Letras do Caixotim, Ficção Portuguesa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 148 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 972 - 8651 - 49 - X. $24.00

Novella about a journey from Foz do Douro to Praia de Lavadores, in which David, the protagonist, finds the sacred at Crato.
 

327. LIMA, João Gabriel de. O burlador de Sevilha. Lisbon: Temas e Debates, 2003. Lusografias, 10. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 150 pp. ISBN: 972 - 759 - 621 - 5. $28.00

Originally published in São Paulo, 2000. The author was born in São Paulo, 1965. He was educated as a pianist and journalist, and has worked for Veja since 1993. In 1990 he published Instrumentos musicais braileiros. The present novella is his first book of fiction. It depicts a present - day "Don Juan" in comic opera fashion.

 
328. LISBOA, Adriana. Sinfonia em branco. Lisbon: Temas e Debates, 2003. Lusografias, 13. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 235 pp. ISBN: 972 - 759 - 706 - 8. $32.00

Awarded the Prémio Literário José Saramago, 2003. Short novel set in the interior of Brazil. The author was born in Rio de Janeiro, 1970. This appears to be her first book.

 
329. LISBOA, Adriana. Um beijo de Colombina. Lisbon: Temas e Debates, 2005. Lusografias, 17. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 173 pp. ISBN: 972 - 759 - 750 - 5. $30.00

Novella which pays homage to Manuel Bandeira. The author was born in Rio de Janeiro, 1970.

 
330. LOBATO DE FARIA, Rosa. A flor do Sal. Porto: Asa, 2005. Finisterra: Autores Contemporâneos de Língua Portuguesa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 216 pp., (1 l., 3 ll. adv.). ISBN: 972 - 41 - 4226 - 4. $28.00

The author, an actress of stage and screen (both large and small), born in Lisbon in 1932, has published at least four volumes of poetry, and nine novels, including O prenúncio das águas (1999), which was awarded the Prémio Máxima de Literatura in 2000. She has also written a number of children's books. See Dicionário de autores portugueses VI, 133.

 
331. LOBO ANTUNES, António. Eu hei - de amar uma pedra, romance. 3rd ed. Estabelecimento do texto por Graça Abreu. Comissão para a edição ne varietur: Agripina Carriço Vieira, Eunice Cabral, and Graça Abreu. Maria Alzira Seixo, ed. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2004. Obra Completa, Edição ne varietur. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 616 pp. ISBN: 972 - 20 - 2743 - 3. $55.00

The first edition of this novel appeared in October 2004. This third edition came out in November the same year. The psychiatric physician Lobo Antunes, born Lisbon, 1942, is considered by some to be Portugal's greatest living writer of fiction. See Maria Nazaré Gomes dos Santos in Machado, ed., Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 38 - 40.

 
332. LOURENÇO, José [Manuel] Murta. No princípio era um traço, romance. Lisbon: Escritor, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 258, (1) pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.). ISBN: 972 - 8928 - 06 - 8. $32.00

Novel about the construction of a great building. The author, born in Faro, 1949, is a specialist in fantasy. He has published nine volumes of fiction and three of poetry.

 
333. MACEDO, António de. As furtivas pegadas da serpente, romance. Lisbon: Caminho, 2004. O Campo da Palavra. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 162 pp. ISBN: 972 - 21 - 1644 - 4. $25.00

The author of this novella has also published several novels, two volumes of science fiction, a collection of short stories, at least three plays, essays on the history of aesthetics in film, an essay on liberation and other volumes of essays. He has directed at least 19 films. See José de Matos - Cruz, António de Macedo: cinema, a viragem de uma época (Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2000).

 
334. MACHADO, João Afonso. Eles nunca saberão! Porto: Caixotim, 2003. Colecção Letras do Caixotim, Ficção Portuguesa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 123 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 972 - 8651 - 21 - X. $22.00

Novella based on an actual case which affected Portuguese society, including royalty.

 
335. mãe, valter hugo. O nosso reino. Lisbon: Temas e Debates, 2004. Lusografias, 15. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 156 pp. ISBN: 972 - 759 - 738 - 6. $30.00

Born in Henrique de Carvalho, Angola in 1971, the author was awarded the Prémio Revelação de Poesia Almeida Garrett for 1999, by the Associação dos Jornalistas e Homens de Letras do Porto for his book egon schiele auto - retrato de dupla encarnação. A dramatist and contributor to various literary reviews, he worked at the Centro de Estudos Regianos. He has published at least 9 volumes of poetry, and edited several important anthologies. Along with Jorge Reis - Sá, he has been responsible for Quasi Edições. This is his first book of fiction, billed on the publisher's "belt" as "uma revelação no romance português".

 
336. MAGALHÃES, Francisco José. Diálogos à margem do Tejo. Lisbon: Roma Editora, 2005. Colecção Casa de Escritores. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 148 pp. ISBN: 972 - 8490 - 65 - 8. $28.00

The author of these short stories has worked more than 40 years as a writer and translator. He has written John Cam Hobhouse e Portugal: Diário de Viagem (1993), and Da tradução profisional em Portugal (1996); this appears to be his first volume of fiction.

 
337. MANGAS, Francisco Duarte. Diário de link. 2nd ed.? Lisbon: Teorema, 2002. Estórias, 143. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 118 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972 - 695 - 198 - 4. $15.00

This novella is the author's first work of fiction, originally published in 1993. It won the Prémio Carlos de Oliveira. Born in Rossas, Vieira do Minho, 1960, Mangas has worked as a journalist for the Diário de noticias, and has published a number of other books, including several volumes of poetry. His novel Geografia do medo (1997) was awarded the Prémio Eixo Atlântico de Narrativa Galaico - Portuguesa.
 

338. MANGAS, Francisco Duarte. O coração transido dos Mouros. Lisbon: Teorema, 2002. Colecção Estórias, 144. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 201 pp., (1 l. adv.). ISBN: 972 - 695 - 491 - 6. $28.00

 
339. MELO, Filipa. Este é o meu corpo. 2nd ed. Lisbon: Temas e Debates, 2002. Lusografias, 4. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 153 pp. ISBN: 972 - 759 - 463 - 8. $25.00

First published October 2001, this second edition appeared in March 2002. The author of this novella of love in a provincial Portuguese setting was born in Silva Porto (now Cuíto), Angola, in 1972. She began a career in jounalism in 1992, working for such publications as Ler, Jornal de Letras, O Independente, Grande reportagem, and Icon, as well as for the television stations SIC and RTP. From 1994 to 1999 she worked for Visão, and in 1996 for Livros de Portugal. Awarded honorable mention for the Prémio Revelação 1995, by the Clube de Jornalistas de Lisbon, she also received the Prémio Nacional de Cultura Sampaio Bruno in 1996 from the Clube de Jornalistas do Porto. This is her first book of fiction.

 
340. MILLET, Isabel. O cão na casa verde. Front cover illus. by Paula Rego. Porto: Caixotim, 2004. Colecção Letras do Caixotim, Ficção Portuguesa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 204 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 972 - 8651 - 66 - X. $28.00

Short novel about an adolescent girl with strange powers over adults.

 
341. MIRANDA, Joana. Contigo esta noite. Queluz de Baixo: Presença, 2005. Grandes Narrativas, 281. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 204 pp., (2 ll. adv.). ISBN: 972 - 23 - 3360 - 7. $28.00

This novel is the author's fifth volume of fiction. A psychologist with a master's degree in intercultural relations, she has published a number of scientific and technical works.
 

342. MIRANDA, Miguel. O silêncio das carpideiras. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2005. Autores de Língua Portuguesa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 214 pp. ISBN: 972 - 20 - 2788 - 3. $28.00

The author of this short novel, a physician, was born in Porto, 1956. His novel, O complexo de sotavento appeared in 1992, while his Contos à moda do Porto (1995), were awarded the Grande Prémio do Conto "Camilo Castelo Branco" A.P.E. / C.M. de Vila Nova de Familicão. Another novel, Bailado de sombras (1997), set partially in Cuba, was termed by its publisher "um tríptico sobre o amor". O estranho caso do cadáver sorridente (1998), won the Prémio Caminho de Literatura Policial, 1997. A maldição do louva - a - Deus appeared in 2001. He also wrote a collection of stories, A mulher que usava o gato enrolado ao pescoço (1999), and a novel Dois urubus pregados no céu (2002). His short stories, Como se fosse o último, were published in 2004.
 

343. MONTEMÔR [or MONTEMAYOR], Jorge de (ca. 1520 - 1561). Diana. Nuno Júdice, trans. Lisbon: Teorema, and Montemôr - o - Velho: Câmara Municipal, 2001. Lge. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 262 pp. ISBN: 972 - 695 - 445 - 2. $38.00

The translator also supplies a preface. The Portuguese author was born at Montemôr - o - Velho, near Coimbra (ca. 1520?). He spent a good part of his adult life in Spain, returning only briefly to Portugal, and was killed in a duel in Turin, 1561. His Diana was the first Spanish pastoral novel. It is one of those works, and he is one of those authors, which can be said to belong to Portuguese as well as to Spanish literature. The Diana , moreover, was "the starting - point of a universal literary fashion" - Encyclopedia Britannica (11th ed.), XVIII, 766. Menendez y Pelayo declared that "it exercised a greater influence on modern literature than any other pastoral romance, even the Arcadia and Daphnis and Chloe." The Diana was one of the great international best sellers of the Golden Age, appearing in numerous editions, and eliciting two significant sequels, by Alonso Pérez and Gaspar Gil Polo, sometimes reprinted together with the original. It inspired other pastoral romances in Spanish, the most notable of which was undoubtedly Cervantes' Galetea. Later Cervantes selected the Diana as one of the few books to be saved, by the good taste of the curate, in the destruction of Don Quixote's library. The Diana exerted considerable influence upon the literatures of other countries, notably England, Germany, Italy and France. The story of Felismena in the second book of the Diana was an indirect source, through a translation included in Googe's Eglogs, epytaphes and sonnets, of the episode of Proteus and Julia in the Two Gentlemen of Verona; Sydney's pastoral is redolent of Montemayor. According to Gordon de Percel, Bib. de l'Usage des Romans (Paris, 1734, II, 23 - 24), there were six different French translations. Yet another continuation of the Diana, based on the versions of Pérez and Gil Polo, by the plagiarist Jeronimo de Texeda, was probably composed in France, and published at Paris, 1627, in Spanish. Palau refers to 20 different editions and adaptations in French published during the sixteenth, seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. According to Picot, few other books achieved such long - lived success in France as La Diana. It inspired L'Astreé by Honoré d'Ufré. Alexandre Hardy dramatized an episode borrowed from the seventh book: Felisméne (1613); another episode was developed by Jaques Pousset de Montauban: Les charmes de Felicie, terés de la Diane de Montemayor, pastorale (Paris, 1654).

 
344. MOREIRA, Isabel. Pessoas só. Lisbon: Prefácio, 2004. Colecção Romance e Ficção. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 70 pp. ISBN: 972 - 8816 - 48 - 0. $22.00

The author, born in 1976, has previously written on constitutional law. These stories appear to be her first literary work.

 
345. MOURA, Maria Isabel. Todo começo é involuntário. Preface by Urbano Tavares Rodrigues. Lisbon: Teorema, 2001. Canto Nono. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 163 pp. ISBN: 972 - 695 - 438 - X. $25.00

The author of this errotic novella was born in Covilhão, 1955. Her Vinte maneiras diferentes de contar a mesma história (1999) was awarded the Prémio Nacional de Conto Manuel da Fonseca, 1998.
 

346. Nascimento, Zacarias. Contos portugueses: de autor, da tradição popular, da literatura de cordel. Lisbon: Plátano, 2003. Ontem & Hoje, 4. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 283 pp. ISBN: 972 - 770 - 222 - 8. $38.00

 
347. NAVARRO, Modesto. O emblema leonino. Lisbon: Teorema, 1996. Estórias, 85. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 111 pp. ISBN: 972 - 695 - 257 - 3. $14.00

Crime novella by a prize - winning author in this genre. The author has published at least 30 volumes, including novels, short stories, and poems. Three detective novels were published under the pseudonym "Artur Cortez".
 

348. NORTON, Cristina. O Lázaro do Porto. 2nd ed. Lisbon: Temas e Debates, 2000. Lusografias, 1. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 115, (1) pp. ISBN: 972 - 759 - 205 - 8. $25.00

First published February 2000; this second edition appeared in October. Historical novel; the principal character is João da Foz, later known as Lázaro, bastard son of a poor baron and a laundress, born during the Napoleonic invasion of the Iberian Peninsula. Action takes place during the wars between the absolutist D. Miguel and the "liberal" D. Pedro I of Brazil (IV of Portugal) on behalf of his daughter D. Maria II. 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 2002 another work of historical fiction, O segredo da bastarda (4th ed., 2003), was published in the same collection as the present one.

 
349. ONDJAKI. E se amanhã o medo, contos. Lisbon: Caminho, 2005. Colecção Outras Margens: Autores Estrangeiros de Língua Portuguesa, 41. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 102 pp. ISBN: 972 - 21 - 1708 - 4. $18.00

These stories were awarded the Prémio Literário Sagrada Esperança, 2004, and the Prémio Literário António Paulouro, 2004. The author was born in Luanda in 1977, has published at least eight books (at least two novels), and is represented in several anthologies.

 
350. PEDROSA, Margarida. Só ao Bispo me confesso. 3rd ed. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2005. Colecção Romance. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 276 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 989 - 555 - 067 - 7. $32.00

Historical novel, first published 2004. According to the pubisher, this is "história baseada em factos reais, ficcionada na personagem de Inês de Toledo ou Pêro de Toledo, como desejarem" Inês de Toledo, witch at the court of D. João II, is about to die in the Praça do Giraldo, in Evora. The people gathered notice that the Bishop is absent.

 
351. PEREIRA, Ana Teresa. Se nos encontrarmos de novo. Lisbon: Relógio d'Agua, 2004. Ficção Portuguesa, 71. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 154 pp., (1 blank l., 3 ll.). ISBN: 972 - 708 - 815 - 5. $28.00

The author of this novella has published well over 20 books since 1989. Her first, Matar a imagem, was awarded the Prémio Caminho de Literatura Policial, 1989.
 

352. PEREIRA, Aventino. O nome do pai. Porto: Caixotim, 2005. Colecção Letras do Caixotim, Ficção Portuguesa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 255, (1) pp. ISBN: 972 - 8651 - 67 - 8. $28.00

Novel set in Portugal during the time of the Salazar regime, dealing with the quest of a son to know the identity of his father.

 
353. PINA DE MORAIS, [Maria da] Graça [Monteiro, 1927 - 1992]. A mulher do chapéu de palha, conto inédito. Lisbon: Antígona, 2000. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 45, (1) pp., (1 l. adv.), frontisport. ISBN: 972 - 608 - 118 - 1. $15.00

See Alvaro Manuel Machado, Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, p. 326.

 
354. PINA DE MORAIS, [Maria da] Graça [Monteiro, 1927 - 1992]. A origem. 3rd ed. Lisbon: Antígona, 2002. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 255 pp. ISBN: 972 - 608 - 052 - 5. $32.00
 

355. PINTO REBELO, Margarida. Pessoas como nós. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2005. Colecção Romance. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 233 pp. ISBN: 989 - 555 - 114 - 2. $30.00

This novel was published in an initial edition of 30,000 copies. The author has had several best - selling books, including at least four novels, and three collections of essays. She has also written two plays and two screenplays. Her work has been published in the Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Lithuania and Brazil.

 
356. PIRES DE REBELO, Gaspar (ca. 1585 - before 1650). Infortúnios trágicos da Constante Florinda. Nuno Júdice, ed. Lisbon: Teorema, 2005. Colecção Outras Estórias. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 514 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972 - 695 - 605 - 6. $55.00

The first part was initially published 1625 (new editions 1665, 1672, 1707); the second part appeared first in 1633 (and again in 1671). There was an edition with both parts published together in 1684.

 
357. POMBO, Fátima. O desenhador. Lisbon: Teorema, 2003. Colecção Estórias, 149. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 192 pp., (2 ll. adv.). ISBN: 972 - 695 - 529 - 7. $25.00

Awarded the Prémio FNAC / Teorema, 2002. The author has a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Aveiro (1995). She has written three books on music history. This short novel, or novella, is her first work of fiction.

 
358. POPPE, Manuel. Um inverno em Marraquexe. Lisbon: Teorema, 2004. Colecção Estórias, 153. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 144 pp. ISBN: 972 - 695 - 573 - 4. $25.00

The author has had volumes of Crónicas italianas, and Novas crónicas italianas published, in 1984 and 1994 (awarded the Grande Prémio da APE), as well as another volume with literary criticism, plays, short fiction, and novels. He lived 15 years in Italy, where he was posted as a diplomat, and which he considers a second home. He was also posted to São Tomé e Príncipe, Israel, and Morocco. His essays have been translated into Italian, and a novel, novella, short stories and literary essays have been translated into Hebrew. A founder of the review O tempo e o modo, from 1962 to 1974 Poppe was literary critic for the Diário popular; he collaborated in Colóquio, O Século, Diário de Notícias, Jornal de Letras, Nova Renascença, Independente and Rumo. Since 1978 he has been a permanent contributor to the Jornal de Notícias.

 
359. PORFIRIO, Carlos. Marcas de amor. Lisbon: Prefácio, 2005. Colecção Romance e Ficção. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 230 pp. ISBN: 972 - 8816 - 70 - 7. $35.00

The author was born in Lisbon, 1956. He lived in Moçambique, Angola, and Portugal prior to settling in the city of his birth. This romantic novel appears to be his first book.
 

360. PRETO, Antonieta. Chovem cabelos na fotografia, contos. Lisbon: Temas e Debates, 2004. Lusografias, 14. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 217 pp. ISBN: 972 - 759 - 725 - 4. $32.00

The author was born in the Baixo Alentejo, 1968. At the time this collection of short stories appeared she was working as a freelance journalist. She has published in newspapers and reviews, such as Diário de Notícias, Tal & qual, and 24 Horas. In 2003 she was awarded the poetry prize São João d'Ouro by the city of Moura. She has had poems published in an anthology; this is her first published book of fiction.
 

361. REIS, Patrícia. Cruz das almas. Rodrigo Saias, illus. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2004. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 152 pp., (3 ll.), illus. ISBN: 972 - 20 - 2765 - 4. $25.00

The author began her career in journalism in 1988, working for O Independente. She worked for Sábado, in the United States for Time=, returning to Portugal to write for Expresso. She worked in television, for Marie Claire, Elle, and the daily newspaper Público. She wrote for Expo '98, and produced a brief biography of Vasco Santana (1999). At the time this novella appeared, she was editor of Egoísta.

 
362. REIS MOURÃO, Paulo. Os cachos e as mãos. Porto: Ambar, 2005. Colecção BAB - Biblioteca Ambar de Bolso, 33. Sm. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 116 pp., (1 l. adv.). ISBN: 972 - 43 - 0897 - 9. $18.00

This novella received Honorable Mention for the Prémio de Literatura of the Lions Clube, 2003. The author was born in Vila Real, 1978. An economist with a master's degree from the Universidade do Minho, he has written various books, and has received several prizes in literary contests held by the Centro Regional de Vila Real. He has also contributed both to the regional and national press. O Senhor de Fez e outros (2001) was awarded the Prémio Montijo jovem, 2001, for literary works in prose.

 
363. ROMA, Maria, pseud. [i.e. Maria José Salgado Sarmento de Matos Freitas do Amaral]. Até um día. Lisbon: Bertrand, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 245 pp. ISBN: 972 - 25 - 1415 - 6. $28.00

The author has published articles in the Diário de Noticias and Máxima. She has published six previous novels, Sorri Francisca (1990), Tandim (1992), A luz do rio (1996), Primadona (1994), De uma vez par todas (2001), and Nunca é de mais (2003).

 
364. RUSSA, Gilberto and Albano Chaves. Atlântida, diamante perdido - mito da eternidade. Lisbon: Vega, 2005. Colecção O Portal, Ficção. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 246 pp., (1 l.), illus. ISBN: 972 - 699 - 811 - 5. $28.00

Novel based on the myth of Atlantis.

 
365. SALGUEIRO, Francisco. Splaaash! Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2005. Colecção Romance. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 277 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 989 - 555 - 109 - 6. $30.00

This is the author's third humorous novel, also his third book. It is said to be based on "true facts", telling of the strange relationship between George Clooney, Prince William, and Madonna.
 

366. SARAIVA, José António. Jardim colonial, romance. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 342 pp. ISBN: 972 - 20 - 2874 - X. $38.00

The author was for a long time editor of the influential weekly Expresso. He wrote a detective novel O último verão na Ria Formosa (2001), and memoirs, Confissões de um director de jornal (2003).

 
367. SARAIVA, José Manuel. Rosa brava. 2nd ed. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2005. Colecção Romance. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 447 pp. ISBN: 989 - 555 - 113 - 4. $40.00

The author's second novel, based on the life of Leonor Teles, "an emancipated woman" who lived in a medieval court of "luxury and seduction". This second edition was published in May 2005. The first edition was published shortly earlier the same year. The author was born in the hamlet of Santo António d'Alva in 1946. According to the publisher's blurb for his previous novel, he studied at Coimbra and the war in Guiné. A journalist who worked sixteen years for Expresso, he was editor of that weekly newspaper. He has produced two documentaries on the colonial wars, and has worked for O diário, Diário de Lisboa, and Grande reportagem. His first novel, As lágrimas de Aquiles (2001), was based on personal experiences of almost two years combat in Guiné; after 25 years the protagonist of the novel returns to discover, in short "não há ponto de regresso nem reencontro com o amor perdido."

 
368. SERPA, Homero. Largo da memória, contos. Lisbon: Caminho, 2005. O Campo da Palavra. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 169 pp., (3 ll. adv.). ISBN: 972 - 21 - 1700 - 9. $28.00

Homero [Barreto Feio] Serpa was born in Lisbon, 1927. A journalist, he spent his adolescence working in various offices in Lisbon by day, taking commercial courses at night. He entered the administration of the Companhia Carris de Ferro de Lisboa age 18, eventually rising to subchefe de serviço. Always an enthusiast for study and writing, he was director of the review Lisboa - Carris, wrote for the children's newspaper Mosquito, as well as for Gazeta do Sul, República, Diário de Lisboa, and O Setubalense. He has also worked for A bola, and founded Bola Magazine, of which he was editor - in - chief. See Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, V, 557 - 8.

 
369. SILVA, Horta da. O ambientalista, a esfinge egípcia, e a face oculta da verdade, romance. Prefaces by Louzã Henriques and Sebastião Formosinho. Coimbra: Minerva, 2003. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 284 pp. ISBN: 972 - 798 - 075 - 9. $45.00

 
370. SIMÕES NETTO, A[ntónio José]. Vertentes do pasmo. Porto: Caixotim, 2003. Colecção Letras do Caixotim, Ficção Portuguesa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 202 pp., (1 blank l., 2 ll.). ISBN: 972 - 8651 - 20 - 1. $28.00

Short stories featuring ordinary people. The author, born in Lagos, 1929, for many years contributed to the regional press, as well as to the cultural supplement of O primeiro de Janeiro, the official bulletin of APEL, and to Rádio Renascença. He published various didactic works in the fields of mathematics and economics. His short story "Meninos de fantasia was published in O escritor, organ of the Associação Portuguesa de Escritores (APE), while his story "Raízes" won honorable mention in competition for the Prémio Manuel Teixeira Gomes, awarded by the Câmara Municipal de Portimão; the story was later published by Edições Colibri. He has published two previous novels.

 
371. SOUSA CARVALHO, Maria João de. Uma borboleta quase branca, romance. Lisbon: Replicação, 2002. Colecção Ficção Replicação. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 136 pp. ISBN: 972 - 570 - 278 - 6. $25.00

The author's Edgar e o Canário was awarded the Prémio Fialho de Almeida, 1999, by SOPEAM (Sociedade Portuguesa de Escritores e Artistas Médicos); the present work gained first honorable mention in competition for the same prize. Maria João de Sousa Carvalho was born in Alcobaça, 1946; her family soon moved to Lisbon. Eventually she became a cardiologist. In 1995 her Nero, o cão was awarded the Prémio Revelação - Ficção by SOPEAM.
 

372. SOUSA, Leonor. Amanhã à mesma hora: diário de uma stripper portuguesa. 2nd ed. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2005. Temas de Hoje, Erotismo e Sexualidade [14?]. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 515 pp., (2 ll. adv.). ISBN: 972 - 20 - 2815 - 4. $40.00

The author was born in Cascais, 1972. This appears to be her first book. First published March 2005, this second edition appeared in May; the publisher claims the 20,000 copies were sold in a single week; if true, this would be roughly equivalent to a book selling ca. 500,000 copies in a week in the U.S.A.
 

373. TAVARES, Ana Paula, and Manuel Jorge Marmelo. Os olhos do homem que chorava no rio, romance. Lisbon: Caminho, 2005. O Campo da Palavra. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 128 pp., (4 ll. adv.). ISBN: 972 - 21 - 1675 - 4. $20.00

Ana Paula Tavares, a native of Huíla, Angola (b. 1952), has published several volumes of poetry, including Dizes - me coisas amargas como os frutos (2001), which was awarded the Prémio Mário António de Poesia for 2004 by the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. She has also published a volume of essays, while her poetry and prose are represented in a number of anthologies published in Portugal, Brazil, France, Germany, and Spain. Manuel Jorge Marmelo, 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 thirteen books, including fiction and essays.

 
374. TAVARES, Gonçalo M. A perna esquerda de Paris, seguido de Roland Barthes e Robert Musil. Lisbon: Relógio d'Agua, 2004. Ficção Portuguesa, 72. Cadernos de Gonçalo M. Tavares, 14. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 166 pp., (3 ll.). ISBN: 972 - 708 - 812 - 0. $32.00

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.