RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS
BULLETIN 48

September 2005

 
PART XX:

Fiction

 
See also items 139, 143, 150, 172, 294, 307, 312, 313, 314 & 316.

243. ALEGRE [de Melo Duarte], Manuel. Jornada de Africa (Romance de amor e morte do Alferes Sebastião). Lisbon: Dom Quixote/Círculo de Leitores, 1989. 8, orig. illus. wrps. 242 p. ISBN: 972-20-0699-1. $30.00

The author's first novel.
 

244. AMARAL, Ana Filomena. A casa da sorte. Coimbra: Pé de Página, 2004. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 151 pp. ISBN: 972-8459-90-4. $28.00

The author of this novella, born in Avintes, Vila Nova da Gaia, 1961, has written two monographs, about Avintes and Góis, published 1993 and 1997, respectively. She has also publishd two "romances": Uma porta abria-se a fogo (1989), and O segredo do cavalo marinho (1995).
 

245. BESSA-LUIS, Agustina, Alvaro Magalhães, António Bica, et al. Posso entrar? 30 estórias com animais. Graça Marto, ed. and illus. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2004. Colecção Album, 18. 4° (22 x 20.1 cm.), orig. plain wrps. with d.j. 137 pp., numerous color illus. ISBN: 972-610-874-8. $40.00

In addition to the authors mentioned above, there are stories by António Maria Pereira, Aurora Gaia, Bárbara Elias, César Príncipe, Henrique do Vale, Isabel Abrunhosa, Isabel Silvestre, Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, José Jorge Letria, José Saramago, José Valente, Luís Portela, Manoel de Oliveira, Manuel António Pina, Manuel Luís Mendes, D. Manuel Martins, Maria João Abreu, Mário Cláudio, Padre Mário de Oliveira, Miguel Moutinho, and Urbano Tavares Rodrigues. Graça Marto has also contributed an introduction and pósfacio.

 
246. BETTENCOURT PINTO, Eduardo. A casa das rugas. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2004. Instantes de Leitura, 62. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 137 pp. ISBN: 972-610-895-0. $22.00

The author of this novella has published at least nine volumes of poetry, four of fiction, and been represented in a number of anthologies. A native of Gabela, Angola (b. 1954), he was living in Vancouver in 2000, and was still residing in Canada when this volume appeared, working as a government employee. He has been editor and information consultant for the on-line literary Seixo Review, and has written for publications in Canada, the United States, Portugal and Brazil.

 
247. BOTELHO, Fernanda. A gata e a fábula. 6th ed.? Queluz de Baixo: Presença, 2005. Grandes Narrativas, 289. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 236 pp., (2 ll. adv.). ISBN: 972-23-3406-9. $32.00

This novel was awarded the Prémio Camilo Castelo Branco in 1960 (it achieved a fifth edition in 1987). The author's ninth volume of fiction, Dramaticamente vestida de negro (1994) was awarded the Prémio Pen Clube Português, Romance; she won the Prémio Nacional de Novelística in 1971 for Lourenço é nome de jogral (2nd ed., 1991); was awarded both the Prémio da Crítica and the Troféu da Revista Mulher in 1987 for Esta noite sonhei com Brueghel (4th ed., 1989); and won the Prémio Eça de Queirós in 1991 for Festa em casa de flores (1990). For more on the novelist, short short writer, poet and essayist [Maria] Fernanda [de Faria e Castro] Botelho (born Porto, 1926), see Luís Forjaz Trigueiros in Machado, ed., Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 69-71; Júlio Carvalho in Biblos, I, 726-8; and Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, V, 424-6.

 
248. BRAGA-AMARAL, José. O diabo também sorri, romance. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2004. Instantes de Leitura, 60. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 130 pp., (2 ll., 1 l. adv.). ISBN: 972-610-870-5. $25.00

The author was born in Porto, 1959, and has lived the greater part of his life in the Alto Douro, a region which plays a major part in his literary work. A journalist since the 1980s, he has worked for RDP-Alto Douro as well as for the newspapers O Comércio do Porto and Correio do Minho. At the time this volume appeared he was editor of the review Tribuna Douro as well as collaborating in the educational services of the Museu do Douro. José Braga-Amaral has published five volumes of poetry, two plays, a volume of essays, one of short stories, and a book for children. This novella appears to be his first published work of longer fiction.

 
249. CABRAL, Filomena. Oklahoma Blue, séculos XIX-XX. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2005. Campo da Literatura, 119. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 213 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 972-610-927-2. $28.00

Another novel by this author dealing with the Portuguese emigrant experience, this time in the United States. Born in Porto in 1944, Filomena Cabral has published at least 4 volumes of poetry, 1 of theater, and 16 of fiction. A resident of Angola in the 1960s and 1970s, she has been published and awarded prizes in Brazil, and was co-founder of the journal Serpente (1983). See Alvaro Manuel Machado, Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 89-90.

 
250. CABRAL, Joana. Nómada. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2004. Colecção Ficção. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 157 pp. ISBN: 989-555-068-5. $24.00

The author's first book. Joana Cabral was born in Lisbon, 1976. She has an M.A. from Brown University, and worked for CNN in Boston and New York. At the time this novella appeared she was working with RTP, MTV Portugal, and the review Blue Travel.

 
251. CABRAL, Mário O acidente. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2005. Instantes de Leitura, 67. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 310 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-610-934-5. $30.00

A widow is run over and killed by a car after leaving the Igreja da Conceição. The accident strongly affects each person involved, including witnesses. Little by little their divergent points of view combine to question reality. The author was born in 1963, on the island of Terceira, in the Açores, where he was residing at the time this novel appeared. Previously he has published a volume of essays, Histórias de uma terra Cristã (Horta, 1995), a novella, O livro das configurações (2001), and a volume of poetry, O meu livro de Receitas (Guimarães: Pedra Formosa, 2000). His poetry has been translated and published in Mexico in an anthology of new Portuguese poets. He was included in a volume of new Portuguese authors published in connection with Porto 2001, Capital Europeia da Cultura, and in On a Leaf of Blue: Billingual Anthology of Azorean Contemporary Poetry (Berkeley: Institute of Governmental Studies Press, 2003).

 
252. CARDOSO, Boaventura. O signo do fogo. Porto: Asa, 1992. Colecção Finisterra. 8°, publ. bds. with d.j. 351, (1) pp. ISBN: 972-41-1082-6. $35.00

The author of this novel was born in Luanda in 1944, and grew up in Malange. He is a founding member of the União dos Escritores Angolanos, and served as Angolan ambassador to Italy and Malta. He has published at least three volumes of stories, and two novels.

 
253. CARDOSO, Zilda. Ana Augusta. Kinga Azeredo and Isabel Ribeiro, illus. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2005. Instantes de Leitura, 66. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 197, (1) pp., illus. ISBN: 972-610-926-4. $25.00

A native of Porto, the author has written on problems facing women for O comércio do Porto. In 2001 she published A Rua do Paraíso: recordações de um lugar portuense (1935-1950). This appears to be her first published work of fiction in book form.

 
254. CARRILHO, Maria da Conceição. Da impossibilidade de viver sem ter lido o D. Quixote Porto: Campo das Letras, 2004. Campo de Estreia, 45. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 141 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-610-891-8. $25.00

The author was born in Coimbra, 1958.

 
255. 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.

 
256. CARVALHO, Sandra. O guerreiro lobo: a saga das pedras mágicas. Queluz de Baixo: Presença, 2005. Via Láctea, 31. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 408 pp., (1 l. adv.). ISBN: 972-23-3380-1. $38.00

 
257. COELHO, Paulo. O Zahir. Cascais: Pergaminho, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 316 pp., (1 l. blank, 1 l.). ISBN: 972-711-679-5. $30.00

Latest novel by this popular author. According to information on the verso of the title page, 120,000 copies were printed; at the time of writing, the book was on the Portuguese "bestseller" list.
 

258. CORREIA, Clara Pinto. Ponto pé de flor. 9th ed.? Lisbon: Relógio d'Agua, 2005. Ficção Portuguesa, 75. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 222 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l., 2 ll. adv., 1 l.). ISBN: 972-708-841-4. $28.00

This novel was first published by Dom Quixote in 1990. The present publisher refers to the present edition as the second; however, Porbase lists an 8th edition, published by Dom Quixote, 1993. The author, born in Lisbon in 1960, has published over 30 titles since 1983, including fiction, poetry, essays, juvenile literature, and scientific works addressed to the more intelligent sectors of the general public. She has done postdoctoral research in embryology at SUNY Buffalo. See Maria Nazaré Gomes dos Santos in Machado, ed., Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 139-40.

 
259. CORREIA, Emílio Sampaio. Isabel de Aragão: romance descritivo em forma de guião. Tapada de Vale Lobos, Almargem do Bispo: Padrões Culturais Editora, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 139, (1) pp., (1 l., 1 l. adv.). ISBN: 972-8721-52-8. $22.00

The author of this historical novella was born in Nova Lisboa, in the province of Huambo, Angola, 1959. This appears to be his first book.
 

260. CORREIA, Hélia. Bastardia. Lisbon: Relógio d'Agua, 2005. Ficção Portuguesa, 74. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 72 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l., 2 ll. adv., 1 l.). ISBN: 972-708-834-1. $20.00

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

261. COSTA, Orlando da. Os netos de Norton. Porto: Asa, 1994. Colecção Finisterra. 8°, publ. bds. with d.j. 267 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-41-1397-3. $28.00

This novel was awarded the Prémio Complementar "Eça de Queirós" de Literatura, 1994, given by the Câmara Municipal de Lisboa. The poet, author of fiction, and dramatist Orlando [António] da Costa was born in Lourenço Marques (today Maputo), in 1929. He passed his infancy and youth in Goa, arriving in Lisbon at age 18. During the 1950s at the Casa dos Estudantes do Império, he mixed with the future leaders of FRELIMO, MPLA and PAIGC. His first book of poetry was published in 1951; a number more have followed. He has also written plays, at least two of which have been published; A como estão os cravos hoje? (1984) was awarded the Seiva Trupe prize. Among at least three other novels, Signo da ira, won the Prémio Ricardo Malherios by the Academy of Sciences in 1961. See Alvaro Manuel Machado, Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, p. 153; Helena Maria Al. Costa Toipa in Biblos, I, 1338; and Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, V, 656.

 
262. CUNHA REIS, Romeu. Esta noite forniquei com a liberdade. Braga: Inovação à Leitura, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 148 pp. ISBN: 972-99597-0-6. $30.00

This novella is the author's first published volume of fiction. A native of Vila do Conde, he has published Reflexões sobre a perestroica (1989), and Mas a história não acaba aqui (1991).

 
263. DANIEL, Carlos. Foste tu que me escreveste de Sintra? Sintra: Vral, 2005. Colecção Partilhar o Mundo. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 199 pp., facsimile stamped addressed envelope tipped in at p. 159. One of 1,000 copies. ISBN: 972-96014-6-1. $28.00

This brief novel or novella appears to be a Pulp fiction style work; at least the last page has the same text as the first. It is set in Colombia, where the author had spent some time. He was born in São Martinho, Fundão, spent his adolescence in Beja, and has lived in Lisbon. This appears to be his first book.
 

264. EÇA DE QUEIROZ, José Maria. O Mandarim. Edição de Beatriz Berrini. Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, 1992 (i.e. 1993). Edição Crítica das Obras de Eça de Queirós. Ficção, Não-póstumos. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 207, (1) pp. ISBN: 972-27-0517-2. $28.00

Brief preface by Carlos Reis, the editor of the series.

 
265. FRANÇA, José-Augusto. A bela angevina, romance. 2nd ed. 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

First published May 2005, this second edition appeared in June. Historical novel (or novella?) based upon incidents in 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.

 
 
266. GONÇALVES, José Braga. O Maçon de Viena. Lisbon: Prime Books, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 251 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-8820-62-3. $30.00

Historical novel dealing with the Marques de Pombal. The back cover quotes C.R. Boxer, referring to Pombal as "this extraordinary Jekyll-and-Hyde character", and saying that this book explores his Mr. Hyde, occult side. José Braga Gonçalves, lawyer and founder of the Universidade Moderna, is a person of some controversy. A former freemason, he left the movement in 1999.
 

267. GUIMARÃES, Sandra. Um amor para toda a vida. Vila Nova da Famalição: Editorial Magnólia, 2005. Colecção Best-Seller. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 152 pp. ISBN: 972-99479-3-7. $28.00

A journalist, writting about prostitution in Vale do Ave, receives a phone call which changes his life. The author, born in Caldas de Vizela, 1975, has been a journalist since 1993. This novella is her second book.

 
268. JORGE, Ângelo. Irmânia, novela naturista. José Eduardo Reis, ed. Vila Nova da Famalição: Quasi, 2004. Biblioteca das Utopias, 3. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 111, (1) pp. ISBN: 972-8632-43-6. $19.00

The editor provides an interesting introductory study (pp. 7-26). Ângelo Jorge's utopian novella was originally published in 1912. See Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, III, 279-80.

 
269. JORGE, Lídia. A Costa dos murmúrios, romance. 14th ed. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2004. Autores da Língua Portuguesa. 8, orig. illus. wrps. with d.j. 259 p. ISBN: 972-20-2343-8. $30.00

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

 
270. LIMA-REIS, José Pedro. O estranho caso da mulher assanhada e outras histórias médicas. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2004. Instantes de Leitura, 58. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 134 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-610-854-3. $20.00

Collection of short stories, based on clinical experience. He wrote a similar collection, O estranho caso do testículo desautorizado e outras histórias médicas (2003). At the time this book appeared the author, born in Barcelos in 1942, was Chief of Endocrinology at the Hospital de São João, in Porto, Professor at the Faculdade de Ciências de Nutrição e Alimentação of the Universidade do Porto, and vice-president of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação.

 
271. LISTOPAD, Jorge. Prosa reunida. Vol. I: Fruta tocada por falta de jardineiro. Preface by Augustina Bessa-Luís. Vila Nova da Famalição: Quasi, 2003. Em Nome da Terra, 10. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 432 pp., (3 ll.). ISBN: 972-8632-63-0. $45.00

Listopad has written 25 previous volumes of poetry, stories, and novels. Born in Prague, he worked 32 years for RTP. He is said to have learned Portuguese by reading O crime do Padre Amaro in Portuguese without a dictionary. He has directed some 70 theatrical works in Portugal, and has worked in theater outside Portugal, for example, in Zürich, where he directed Vaclav Havel's The Office. He has translated Fernando Pessoa into Czech. A professor of Slavic culture and civilization at the ISCSP, Lisbon, at the time this book appeared he was teaching at the Escola de Música do Conservatório Nacional. This book was written originally in Portuguese, with linguistic collaboration of Ludmila Dismanova and Aníbal Fernandes.

 
272. LISTOPAD, Jorge. Prosa reunida. Vol. II: O jardim fecha às 18:30. Posfácio de Eduardo Lourenço. Vila Nova da Famalição: Quasi, 2004. Biblioteca Em Nome da Terra. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 221pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 989-552-058-1. $30.00

 
273. LOPES, Domingos. O homem que falava. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2004. Instantes de Leitura, 61. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 69 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-610-844-6. $18.00

The author of this novella has had published at least two others, Trajectos, and Quando os Santos deixaram de ser Santos (2000), as well as a volume of poetry and numerous articles on international politics. He is co-author, with Luís Sá, of Com Alá ou com Satã: o fundamentalismo em questão.

 
274. LOPES, Fernando (1929-1994). Ainda se morre em Veneza. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2004. Instantes de Leitura, 64. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 101 pp. ISBN: 972-610-899-3. $20.00

Previously unpublished short stories. The author was born in Barcelos, 1929; he died there in 1994. In 1983 his story "A truta" was awarded the Prémio Joaquim Namorado; In 1984 he won the Prémio Diário de Notícias for his novel A ilha ao contrário, which was published in 1985 by Editorial Notícias. His first publication, a volume of short stories titled Conflitos e outros contos, appeared in 1957, followed by Maria é Rei in 1960.

 
275. LOURENÇO, Frederico. A formosa pintura do mundo, ficções. Lisbon: Cotovia, 2005. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 226 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 972-795-129-5. $28.00

The author's return to writing fiction, these short stories have as themes music, art and literary history. Lourenço's recent translation of Homer's Odyssey has been acclaimed by specialists and critics. Born in Lisbon in 1963, Lourenço spent his childhood in Oxford. Since 1990 he has been a member of the corpo docente of the Faculdade de Letras, Universidade de Lisboa. He has translated classical texts such as Hippolytus and Ion, and has published literary criticism in the reviews Journal of Hellenic Studies, Classical Quarterly, Euphrosyne, Humanitas, and Colóquio-Letras, as well as collaborating in the newspapers Independente, Expresso, and Público. The author's first three works of fiction consist of a trilogy of novels, based to a great extent on his interests in the classics and Camões. His first two "romances" in the series, Pode um desejo imenso and O curso das estrelas, were followed by À beira do mundo.

 
276. MACHADO, António. Conversas no extremo da mágoa. Vila Nova da Famalição: Quasi, 2004. Biblioteca Em Nome da Terra. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 185 pp., (1 l. adv., 1 l.). ISBN: 989-552-077-8. $30.00

The author's first book, Moema: ainda pensamos no amor (2002), written ca. 1985, was published in the same collection. António Fernando Almeida Machado was born in 1952. He lived in Porto until age 18, then departed for Angola, France and Brasil. At the time this volume appeared, he was said to divide his time between Vila do Conde, Andalucia, and Rio de Janeiro.

 
277. MACHADO DE ASSIS, Joaquim Maria. Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas. Posfácio by Abel Baptista Barros. Lisbon: Cotovia, 2005. Curso Breve de Literatura Brasileira, 1. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 336 pp., (1 blank l., 1 p. adv., 1 p. colophon). One of 1,000 copies. ISBN: 972-795-111-2. $38.00

First number in an interesting new collection, Curso Breve de Literatura Brasileira, under the editorship of Abel Baptista Barros, presently projected to sixteen volumes. Pages [315]-336 consist of a substancial "Posfácio" by Baptista Barros, followed by bio-bibliographical notes about the work and its author. The text of the novel in this edition follows that established by José Galante de Sousa in the edition published by Livraria Garnier: Rio de Janeiro, 1988. It maintains the Brazilian orthography.

First published in book form in 1881, this novel was originally serialized in the Revista brasileira from March to December 1880. In this work, Machado initiated his technique of short chapters and short sentences, fanciful and humoristic tone, and intentionally disconnected narrative. (See Bandeira, Brief History of Brazilian Literature pp. 103-4.)

Machado de Assis (1839-1908) has been described as the greatest mulatto novelist, Brazil's greatest writer and the most original novelist to appear in the Western Hemisphere during the nineteenth century. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, son of a black housepainter and a Portuguese woman from the Azores. His intelligence and tenacity enabled him to achieve important positions in the government bureaucracy and, ultimately, presidency of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.

 
278. MACHADO DE ASSIS, Joaquim Maria. Um homem célebre: antologia de contos. Posfácio by Abel Baptista Barros. Lisbon: Cotovia, 2005. Curso Breve de Literatura Brasileira, 3. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 302 pp., (1 p. adv., 1 p. colophon). One of 1,000 copies. ISBN: 972-795-113-9. $32.00

Third number in this interesting new collection. Pages [279]-302 consist of a substancial "Posfácio" by Baptista Barros, followed by bio-bibliographical notes about the anthology and its author. The observations about the bibliographical history of Machado de Assis's short stories are brief but significant.

 
279. MASCARENHAS, Francisco. X-teens vs. o clone da Angelina Jolie. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 205 pp. ISBN: 989-555-116-9. $25.00

 
280. MONTEIRO, Luísa. A vaca-loura, novela. Casal de Cambra: Caleidoscópio, 2005. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 79 pp. ISBN: 972-8801-71-8. $20.00

The author of this novella published her first book in 1998; this is her nineteenth. She has produced novels, stories, plays, essays, biographies, poetry, and books for children. Her books have won several literary awards, most notably the Prémio Florbela Espanca (she was the first woman to win this prize).

 
281. PALMA, Adelina Velho da. Areias movediças e outras histórias de inquietação. Coimbra: Pé de Página, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 151 pp. ISBN: 972-614-016-2. $28.00

This collection of ten short stories is the first published work of [Maria] Adelina [Nunes da Fonseca] Velho da Palma, a native of Lisbon.

 
282. PICCOLOMINI, Eneas Silvio (1405-1464 [a.k.a. Pope Pius II]). História de dois amantes. Apresentação por José V. de Pina Martins; leitura, introdução e notas por Melba Ferreira da Costa. Translated [from the Latin] by Arnaldo Espírito Santo. Lisbon: n.pub. [printed in Castelo Branco by Semedo, Soc. Tipográfica, Lda.], 2004. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 183 pp., 14 plates, some in color, 1 printed on both sides, illus. in text. ISBN: none. $30.00
 

283. PINTO, Filipe Cabral. História de um hipocondríaco que queria pôr o cê de cedilha no alfabeto. Coimbra: Pé de Página, 2004. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 173 pp. ISBN: 972-8459-95-5. $28.00

Novella.

 
284. RAMOS, Isabel. Está um noite quente de verão. Queluz de Baixo: Presença, 2005. Grandes Narrativas, 285. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 253 pp., (3 pp. adv.). ISBN: 972-23-3385-2. $32.00

This is the author's second novel. She is proclaimed on the publisher's "belt" as "Uma nova voz na ficção literária portuguesa"; while such statements must by their nature be taken with a grain of salt, Presença is a serious publisher, and would not be likely to pull it out of thin air. Born in Lisbon in 1956, Ramos began to write poetry and short essays in the 1970s; in 1976 her work was included in an anthology of poetry, Só de passagem.

 
285. RIO NOVO, Isabel, and Daniel Maia-Pinto Rodrigues. O diabo tranquilo. Posfácio de Pedro Eiras. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2004. Instantes de Leitura, 57. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 62 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-610-843-8. $18.00

Brief novella or long short story. Isabel Rio Novo, born Porto 1972, has a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the Faculdade de Letras, Universidade de Porto. She has written essays of criticism and other academic works, and has collaborated in newspapers and reviews. Daniel Maia-Pinto Rodrigues, born Porto 1960, has published eight books, and is represented in various poetical anthologies.
 

286. RUI, Manuel. O manequim e o piano, romance. Lisbon: Cotovia, 2005. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 389 pp., (1 l. colophon). One of 1,000 copies. ISBN: 972-795-126-0. $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, Rioseco, Da palma da mão, Saxafone e metáfora, and Um anel na areia (estória de amor); 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.

 
287. SABINO, Amadeu Lopes. Vidas apócrifas. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 285 pp., illus. ISBN: 972-20-2822-7. $32.00

The author, native of Elves (b. 1943), was a lawyer and journalist; since 1984 he has been serving as an international bureaucrat in Brussels. Novelist, short story writer and "cronista," he has written Após Aljubarrota (1978), O cavaleiro cego (1982), O retrato de Rubens (1985), A capa escarlate (1989), Novelas imperfeitas (1991; set in Belgium; history and art are recurring themes), L'Etoile du Nord (1994), and A lua de Bruxelas (2000; a sort of historical/philosophical novel of Portuguese expatriates set in Brussels of the 1830s).

 
288. SAMPAIO, António. Asas de cartão com penas de pato, conto. Tapada de Vale Lobos, Almargem do Bispo: Padrões Culturais Editora, 2005. Colecção "Paixões mundanas" 15. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 68 pp., (2 blank ll., 3 ll. adv.). ISBN: 972-8721-51-X. $19.00

The author was born in Nova Lisboa, in the province of Huambo, Angola, 1959. He is a psychiatrist, working at the Hospital Júlio de Matos since 1991. This appears to be his first book.

 
289. SARAMAGO, José. O Evangelho segundo Jesus Cristo, romance. 25th edition. Lisbon: Caminho, 2000. Colecção O Campo da Palavra 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 445 pp. ISBN: 972-21-0524-8. $42.00

First published 1997.

 
290. VIEIRA, José Luandino, pseud. [i.e. José Vieira Mateus da Graça]. Macandumba, estórias. Lisbon: Caminho, 2005. Colecção Outras Margens: Autores Estrangeiros de Língua Portuguesa, 43. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 183 pp. ISBN: 972-21-1728-9. $22.00

On the author of these stories, an Angolan citizen by virtue of his participation in the independence movement, see Cândido Beirante in Machado, ed., Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 503-4; Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, VI, 356-7.

 
291. ZINK, Rui. A espera. Mem Martins: Europa-América, 1998. Mini-Biblioteca. 16°, orig. illus. wrps. 55, (1) pp. ISBN: 972-1-04438-5. $8.00

The author of this story, born in 1961, has written fiction, essays, plays, and children's books. His books have appeared in German, Hebrew, and English, and he has been published in Brazil. He has also worked as a translator, most notably of the work of Saul Bellow. In addition to the present volume, among his best known and most successful works are the novels Hotel Lusitano (1987; 4th ed., 1997), Apocalipse nau (1996; 9th ed., 2000), and Dádiva divina (2004), two volumes of short stories, A realidade agora a cores (1988; 3rd ed., 1998) and Homens-aranhas (1994), and the novella A espera (1998). Zink is also the author of Os surfistas (2001; 2nd ed., 2001), the first Portuguese e-book.

 
292. ZINK, Rui. O suplente. 7th ed. Mem Martins: Europa-América, 2000. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 344 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), illus. ISBN: 972-1-04742-2. $35.00

Novel first published April 2000; this 7th ed. appeared in July 2000.