RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS
BULLETIN 49

December 2005

 
PART XIX:

Fiction

 
See also items 192, 194 & 202.

148. ALEGRE [de Melo Duarte], Manuel. O quadrado, contos. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 75 pp., (1 l. adv.). ISBN: 972-20-2929-0.

$18.00

The title on the front wrapper reads O quadrado {e outros contos}. The author, born in Agueda in 1936, has a vast poetical output, awarded a good number of prestigious literary prizes. A long-time left-wing socialist deputy to the National Assembly, he was politically active against the regime prior to 1974, spending time in prison and exile. At the time of this writing [November 2005] he is in the beginning phases of a campaign for the presidency of Portugal. See Machado, Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, p. 19; also Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, VI, 359-62; and Clara Rocha in Biblos, I, 121-2.

 
149. ANGELO, Miguel. Arte vs. sexo: histórias de amorà parte. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2005. Ficção. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 271 pp. ISBN: 989-555-149-5.

$30.00

 
150. BENEDITO, Joviana [Chartier Martins]. A ciber vó (estórias em bits e bytes. Preface by Manuel da Costa Leite. Lisbon: Colibri, 2005. Tribuna Livre. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 106 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 972-772-569-4.

$18.00

The author of these stories has written three books of non-fiction about the internet. This appears to be her first volume of fiction.
 

151. BESSA-LUIS, [Maria] Agustina [Ferreira Teixeira]. As relações humanas, romance: Os quatro rios; A dança das espadas; Canção diante de uma porta fechada. Lisbon: Guimarães, 2001. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. with d.j. 508 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 972-665-445-9.

$50.00

The three novels in this volume were originally published in 1964, 1965 and 1967, respectively.

 
152. BESSA-LUIS, [Maria] Agustina [Ferreira Teixeira]. Mundo fechado, novela. Lisbon: Guimarães, 2005. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. with d.j. 121 pp., (3 ll.). ISBN: 972-665-495-5.

$25.00

The author's first book, originally published in 1948. This edition (apparently the second) includes a brief preface by Agustina, placing the work in perspective, as well as a letter by Teixieira de Pascoaes, dated 2 January 1950.

 
153. BOTELHO, Fernanda. As contadoreas de histórias. 2nd ed. Lisbon: Presença, 1999. Grandes Narrativas, 68. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 151 pp., (1 p. adv.). ISBN: 972-23-2367-9.

$25.00

These stories were first published December 1998. The author's novel A gata e a fábula was awarded the Prémio Camilo Castelo Branco in 1960 (it achieved at least six editions, the most recent published in 2005). 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.
 

154. CAEIRO, Baltazar de Matos. O usufruto. Lisbon: Papa-Letras, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 290 pp. ISBN: 972-8516-51-7.

$30.00

The author, a cardiovascular surgeon, was born in Lisbon, 1951. He has written and co-authored a number of books, both fiction and non-fiction.

 
155. CAL, António. Teses, contos. Lisbon: Escritor, 2005. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 150 pp., (4 ll.). Text in Portuguese and French on facing pages. ISBN: 972-8928-05-X.

$22.00

 
156. CAMPOS, Leonor. Alice e o abismo. Lisbon: Novolivro, 2002. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 260 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 989-551-002-0.

$28.00

Awarded the Prémio de Guionismo by the N.B.P., in the category of Telefilme (for the Guião based in part on this novel). The author was born in Porto, 1952. She has a keen interest in the theater, especially for children, and has written several such plays, as well as poetry. This is her first novel.

 
157. CARVALHO, Rodrigo GUEDES DE. Daqui a nada. 12th ed. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 156 pp. ISBN: 972-20-2926-6.

$25.00

The author is a journalist, born in Porto, 1964. This was his first novel, originally published by Contexto, 1992. It 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. His second novel, A casa quieta, was published by Dom Quixote earlier in 2005.

 
158. COELHO, Adolfo. Contos populares portugueses. 8th ed. thus. Preface by Ernesto Veiga de Oliveira. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2005. Biblioteca de Bolso Clássicos, 2. 12°, orig. illus. wrps. 290 pp., (1 l. adv.). ISBN: 972-20-1659-8. Originally published in 1879; first published in this version in 1985.

$22.00

 
159. COELHO, Abel [Victor Pereira]. Os elefantes não esquecem. Loures: Editorial Nascimento, 2005. Colecção Novos Autores. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 248 pp. ISBN: 972-8352-09-3.

$35.00

 
160. COELHO, Luísa. Os espaços do desejo: contos eróticos. Lisbon: ela por ela, 2004. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 87 pp. ISBN: 972-8860-04-8.

$20.00

The author has published three previous works of fiction. She has taught Portuguese language in various European countries; among the institutions with which she was affiliated was the University of Utrecht; she was also visiting professor in literary theory and political science at the University of Brasilia.

 
161. CORREIA, Clara Pinto. Contos. Lisbon: Relógio d'Agua, 2005. Ficção Portuguesa, 75. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 160 pp., 1 blank l., 1 l., 1 l. adv., 1 l.). ISBN: 972-708-843-0.

$28.00

The story "Cântico dos Cânticos" (pp. [13]-17), is previously unpublished. The other stories collected in the volume appeared in Música das esferras, Mais marés que marinheiros, Morina, and Um sinal dos tempos. The author, born in Lisbon in 1960, has published well 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 post-doctoral research in embryology at SUNY Buffalo. See Maria Nazaré Gomes dos Santos in Machado, ed., Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 139-40.
 

162. DIONISIO [de Assis Monteiro], Mário (1916-1993). O dia cinzento e outros contos. 3rd ed. Júlio Pomar, illus. Mem Martins: Europa-América, (1977?). Obras de Mário Dionísio, 2. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 294 pp. (1 l.), illus. ISBN: none.

$30.00

O dia cinzento was first published in 1944. On the neo-realist poet, writer of fiction, literary and art critic, artist, and teacher Mário Dionísio, see Fernando Guimarães in Machado, ed., Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, p. 170; Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, IV, 598-600; and Biblos II, 164-6.

 
163. EÇA DE QUEIROS, [José Maria]. O crime do Padre Amaro: cenas da vida devota. Conforme o text da edição crítica preparada por Carlos Reis e Maria do Rosário Cunha. Nota prefacial, introdução e notas ao texto por Carlos Reis. Queluz de Baixo: Presença, 2005. Obras de Eça de Queirós, 5. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 422 pp., (1 l. adv.). ISBN: 972-23-3459-X.

$35.00
 

164. FERNANDES, [José] Gomes. A barqueira, romance. Porto: Caixotim, 2005. Letras do Caixotim; Ficção Portuguesa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 213 pp. ISBN: 972-8651-76-7.

$28.00

Brief novel whose action shifts from conservative nineteenth-century Minho to present day New York, Lisbon, Porto and Furnas, in the Açores. 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 planning 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. A ruína (crónica romanceada), was published by Caixotim in 2004.

 
165. FERNANDES, Francisca. Magia tropical. Lisbon: Multinova, 2004. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 193, (1) pp., (2 ll.), illus. ISBN: 989-551-023-3.

$22.00

The author of this novella, or short novel, was born in India. She spent her first seven years in Damão, then the next seven in Angola; she has lived in Portugal since 1964, residing in Almada since 1965. A physician specializing in internal and family medicine, she has produced more than twenty publications based on clinical and laboratory work. Her first work of fiction, a short story, was written when she was fourteen. She has contributed poetry, essays and stories to newspapers and reviews, and previously published six literary works.

 
166. FLORA, Cristina. A inconstância dos teus caprichos. Queluz de Baixo: Presença, 2005. Grandes Narrativas, 293. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 159 pp., (2 ll. adv.). ISBN: 972-23-3444-1.

$25.00

The author of this novella, inspired by Francisco Goya and the Duchess of Alba, was born in Lisbon, 1970. This is her second book, and her first work of fiction.

 
167. FRANÇA, José-Augusto. Natureza morta. 4th ed. Posfácios by Jorge de Sena and Eduardo Lourenço. Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, 2005. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 213 pp., (1 l.). One of 800 copies. ISBN: 972-27-1410-4.

$35.00

This was the author's first work of fiction, originally published by the Livraria Editora da Casa do Estudante do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, 1949. It appeared again, published in Lisbon by Arcádia, 1961, and in a revised form, Lisbon: Editorial Estampa, 1961. This fourth edition includes a brief note by the author written in 2004 which did not appear in any of the previous editions. It also includes a longer piece, dated 1979, which presumably appeared in the third edition only. The essay by Jorge de Sena is dated 1950, while that of Eduardo Lourenço is dated 1979. After a long absence, the distinguished art historian José-Augusto França 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.

 
168. LISPECTOR, Clarice. A hora da estrela. Lisbon: Relógio d'Agua, 2002. Ficções [82?]. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 93 pp., (1 l., 2 ll. adv.). ISBN: 972-708-653-5.

$18.00

First published 1977.

 
169. LOBO ANTUNES, António. Fado alexandrino. 10th ed. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2003. Obras Completas de António Lobo Antunes. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 607, (1) pp. ISBN: 972-20-2432-9.

$38.00

First published 1983. Second novel in the tetralogy with Explicação dos pásaros (1981), Auto de denados (1985), and As naus. The 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.

 
170. MONGINHO, Julieta. A construção da noite, romance. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2005. Autores de Língua Portuguesa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 228 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-20-2947-9.

$30.00

Julieta Monginho was born in Lisbon, 1958. Juízo perfeiro (1996), her first novel, has had a second edition. Her second novel was A paixão segundo os infiés (1998). She published a third novel À tua espera, in 2000. Her fouth novel, in the form of a diary, Onde está J.? was published in 2002. She also published a collection of essays with a decidedly literary bent Dicionário dos livros sensíveis (2000).

 
171. MOREIRA, José Carlos. O retrato de Judite. Lisbon: Casa das Letras, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 161 pp. ISBN: 972-46-1619-3.

$22.00

Awarded the Prémio Lino Gomes da Costa (2005), created by the Associação Sindical dos Funcionários de Investigação Criminal da Polícia Judiciária, this novella, the author's first longer work of fiction, relates the day by day work of a criminal investigator for the Portuguese Policia Judiciaria. Born Porto 1943, the author worked for the Porto Policia Judiciaria, retiring in 2001 as an inspector-chefe.

 
172. NUNES, Rui. Album de retratos. Lisbon: Relógio d'Agua, 1993. Ficção Portuguesa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 169 pp., (1 l., 1 l. adv.). ISBN: 972-708-213-0.

$25.00

The author's Osculatriz (1992) was awarded the Prémio ex aequo in fiction by the Pen Club of Portugal, 1992. His novella Grito (1997) was awarded the Grande Prémio de Romance e Novela APE, 1997. See Machado, Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, p. 344.

 
173. PEPETELA, pseud. [i.e. Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos]. Predadores, romance. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2005. Autores de Língua Portuguesa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 383 pp. ISBN: 972-20-2895-2.

$35.00

Novel about the chaotic conditions in Angola on the eve of independence. The Angolan-born author was awarded the Prémio Camões for the totality of his literary output. The Prémio Camões was described by the publisher as "the most important literary prize in the Portuguese language." The author of this novel has also written Muana Puó (1978 - 3rd ed., 2002); O desejo de Kianda (1995 - 4th ed., 2001); Mayombe (1980 - 5 editions); O Cão e os caluandas (1985 - 6th ed., 2003); Yaka (1985 - 2 editions); Lueiji, o nascimento dum império (1990); A geração da Utopia (1992 - 6th ed., 2002); Parábola do cágado velho (1996 - 5th ed., 2002); A montanha da água lilás (2000 - 3rd ed., 2002); A gloriosa familia (1997 - 3rd ed., 2000); Jaime Bunda, agente secreto(2001 - 6th ed., 2003); and Jaime Bunda e a morte do Americano (2003 - 2nd ed. 2004 now out-of-print; a 3rd ed. said to be in the press). All were published by Dom Quixote.

 
174. PRATA, Mário. James Lins: o playboy que não deu certo. Lisbon: Palavra, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps., edges tinted yellow. 191 pp. ISBN: 972-41-4199-3.

$28.00

First published Rio de Janeiro, 1994.

 
175. RAY, S. Chandra, pseud. [i.e. Francisco Fernandes]. Um lampejo de azul. Preface by Sá Vieira [i.e. Padre Dr. Alvaro Terreiro]. Lisbon: Multinova, (2004?). 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 173 pp., illus. ISBN: 989-551-032-2.

$20.00

The author of this novella, or short novel, was born in India. She spent her first seven years in Damão, then the next seven in Angola; she has lived in Portugal since 1964, residing in Almada since 1965. A physician specializing in internal and family medicine, she has produced more than twenty publications based on clinical and laboratory work. Her first work of fiction, a short story, was written when she was fourteen. She has contributed poetry, essays and stories to newspapers and reviews, and has previously published seven literary works.

 
176. REBELO, Tiago. Para ti, uma vida nova. 6th ed. Lisbon: Presença, 2005. Grandes Narrativas, 131. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 129 pp., (1 l. adv.). ISBN: 972-23-2729-1.

$20.00

At the time this (the author's first) novel (or novella) appeared in 2001, he was executive director of a TVI news program. He had published previously three volumes of stories for children. Since then he has published at least five additional novels, which have met with considerable success, and two additional books for children.

 
177. RIBEIRO, Bernardim (b. 1480s, Torrão - d. ?, ?). Menina e moça, ou saudades. Introdução e fixação do texto de Helder Macedo. 2nd ed. thus. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 1999. Biblioteca de Bolso Clássicos, 1. 12°, orig. illus. wrps. 222 pp., (1 l. adv.). ISBN: 972-20-1600-8.

$18.00

The present version of this classic work first appeared in 1990. The preliminary matter, by Helder Macedo, occupies pp. [11]-74. See Helder Macedo in Machado, ed., Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 416-9.
 

178. RIERA, Carme, Esther Tusquets, Helena Marques, et al. Doze histórias de mulheres. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 1999. Ficção Universal, 203. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 190 pp., illus. ISBN: 972-20-1586-9.

$25.00

Six of the stories are translated, presumably from the Spanish, by Maria do Carmo Abreu. The other six were originally written in Portuguese. In addition to the three authors mentioned above, the other nine stories are by Inês Pedrosa, Lídia Jorge, Luísa Costa Gomes, Maria Teresa Horta, Maria Velho da Costa, Montserrat Roig, Ofélia Grande de Andrés, Rosa Montero, and Soledade Puértolas.

 
179. RODRIGUES, Isabel. Aldeia da Luz. Lisbon: Colibri / Empresa de Desenvolvimento e Infra-estruturas do Alqueva, 2005. Colaboração com a EDIA, 1. 4° (17 x 20 cm.), orig. illus. wrps. 94 pp., (1 l.), illus. ISBN: 972-772-555-4. The author was born in Faro, 1967.

$15.00

 
180. RODRIGUES, Inês Tavares. Mágoas furtadas. Lisbon: Coisas de Ler, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 110 pp., (1 l. adv.). ISBN: 972-8710-577-7-9 [sic].

$25.00

The author was born in Lisbon, 1980. This is her first work of fiction.

 
181. RODRIGUES, Paulo. À margem da linha. Lisbon: Temas e Debates, 2005. Lusografias, 18. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 108 pp. ISBN: 972-759-752-1.

$22.00

The author of this novela was born in São Paulo, 1948. A previous version was published in the literary supplement of Folha de S. Paulo in 1989; in 2001 it was awarded the Prémio Revelação da Associação Paulista dos Críticos de Arte.

 
182. SA DA BANDEIRA, Sofia. Quasi nós, romance. Preface by Pilar del Rio. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2005. Autores de Língua Portuguesa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 124 pp. ISBN: 972-20-2971-1.

$20.00

This novella is author's first longer work of fiction. A native of Lisbon, she has written Histórias de uma mulher casada (two editions, 2001), and has worked for the review Vidas. She has also written a weekly column in Expresso.

 
183. SARAMAGO, José. As intermitências da morte, romance. Lisbon: Caminho, 2005. O Campo da Palavra. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. with d.j. 214 pp. ISBN: 972-21-1738-6.

$25.00

 
184. SARAMAGO, José. Ensaio sobre a cegueira, romance. 9th ed. Lisbon: Caminho, 2004. O Campo da Palavra. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 310 pp. ISBN: 972-21-1021-7.

$29.00

First published 1995.

 
185. SARAMAGO, José. Terra do pecado, romance. 9th ed. Lisbon: Caminho, 2004. O Campo da Palavra. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 290 pp. ISBN: 972-21-1145-0.

$28.00

The author's first novel, which first appeared in 1947. This ninth edition claims to be faithful to the text of the first edition, introducing only the necessary corrections of spelling and punctuation.
 

186. SASPORTES, José. Os dias contados, romance. Jorge Martins, illus. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2005. Autores de Língua Portuguesa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 122 pp., (2 ll.), illus. ISBN: 972-20-3049-3.

$24.00

Novella dealing with Anton Chekhov at Badenweiller in the Black Forest (where he died in 1904). The author has published works of fiction and plays, beginning in 1962. He has also written on the history of dance. At the time this volume appeared he was President of the Portuguese National Commission for UNESCO. He was formerly Minister of Culture, Cultural attaché to the embassies in Rome, Washington and Stockholm. With Artur Portela he co-founded the Jornal novo, and was founder and director of the review La danza italiana.



187. SERRANO, Miguel de Mira. O homem que não tinha esqueletos no armário, romance. Preface by Urbano Tavares Rodrigues. Lisbon: Escritor, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 171, (1) pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.). ISBN: 972-8928-08-4.

$28.00

The author of this novella was born in Lisbon, 1967. He spent the period between 1973 and 1984 in New York and Canada. This is his first work of longer fiction. "Retrato amargo de uma geração. Um romance forte, original e muito intenso" - Urbano Tavares Rodrigues, quoted on the publisher's "belt" (and in the preface).
 

188. SOUSA, Sérgio [Brogueira Alves] de. Trilha encoberta. Volume I: Manuela Morais, romance. Lisbon: Escritor, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 187 (1) pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-8928-02-5.

$28.00

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

 
189. TAJES, Claudia. Dores & amores. Lisbon: Palavra, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 159, (1) pp. ISBN: 972-41-4380-5.

$28.00

This humorous novella appears to have been published originally [in Brazil? 2002?] with the title Dores, Amores & Assemelhados.

 
190. TORGA, Miguel, pseud. [i.e., Adolfo Correia da Rocha (1907-1995)]. Contos. 4th collected edition. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2005. Autores de Língua Portuguesa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 657 pp. ISBN: 972-20-2293-8.

$40.00

The first collected edition appeared in January 2001. The second collected edition, also 2001, contained 736, (1) pp., and had a different ISBN from the present edition. We are not certain about the differences, but venture an educated guess that something has been removed.

 
191. VIEIRA, Pedro Almeida. O profeta do castigo divino, romance. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2005. Autores de Língua Portuguesa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 516 pp. ISBN: 972-20-2932-0.

$45.00

Historical novel centering on the Jesuit Father Gabriel Malagrida and the Lisbon Earthquake of 1755. This is the second work of fiction by the author. His first was the novel Nove mil passos (2004), another historical novel of the eighteenth century, about the construction of the Aqueduto de Aguas Livres. Born in Coimbra, 1969, he received a degree in Biophysical Engineering from the University of Evora. In 1995 he turned to journalism, writing for Expresso, Fórum Ambiente, and the Diário de Notícias. At the time this novel appeared he was working for the review Grande reportagem. He has received three journalism awards, and in 2003 was awarded the Premio Nacional do Ambiente Fernando Pereira.