RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS
BULLETIN 51

April 2006 

  

PART XIX:

Fiction

 
See also items 182, 232, 239, 240 & 241.

210. ADOLFO, Ricardo. Mizé, romance. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2006. ALP. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 318 pp. ISBN: 972-20-2981-9. $32.00

The author was born in Luanda, 1974. This is his first novel. A volume of short stories, Os chouriços são todos para assar, was published by Dom Quixote in 2003. He grew up in the suburbs of Lisbon, and was living in Amsterdam at the time this volume appeared.

 
211. AVILA, Miguel. Nas asas de um anjo. Queluz de Baixo: Presença, 2006. Grandes Narrativas, 312. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 357 pp., (3 pp. advt.). ISBN: 972-23-3524-3. $35.00

The author's fourth work of fiction. The author, who appears to be based in the United Kingdom, has written two detective novels set in that country. He has also written a work of fantasy fiction. The publisher's "belt" expounds "A estreia de Miguel Avila no romance depois de ter conquistado os leitores da high-fantasy e do policial."

 
212. BARRETO, António Garcia. À sombra das acácias vermelhas. Lisbon: Roma Editora, 2006. Colecção Guerra Colonial. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 141 pp. ISBN: 972-8490-84-4. $22.00

Novella set in Moçambique during the colonial wars. The author was born in Amadora, 1948. He fought in the colonial wars in Moçambique, and while there collaborated in various newspapers, such as Notícias de Lourenço Marques, República, O diário, and Diário popular. In 1973 he was awarded first prize in a short story contest held by the Diário popular. Garcia Barreto has written a number of children's books, and has also published scholarly works about Portuguese literature for children, the most significant of which was Dicionário de literatura infantil portuguesa (2002). His juvenile novel Rubens e a companhia do espanto em o caso da mitra desaparecida (2005) received the Prémio Literário de Sinta - Adolfo Simões Müller, for children's and juvenile literature. Author of several novels and collections of short stories for adults as well, his A malta da Rua dos Plátanos (1981) was translated into Russian.

 
213. BRANDÃO, Fiama Hasse Pais. Contos da imagem. Lisbon: Assírio & Alvim, 2005. Obras de Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão, 2. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 63, (1) pp. One of 1,000 copies. ISBN: 972-37-1050-1. $19.00

Stories by the well-known, prize-winning poet, born Lisbon, 1938. See Fernando Guimarães in Machado, ed., Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 77-8; also Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, VI, 480-1.

 
214. CASTELO BRANCO, Camilo. A sereia, romance. Preface by Serafina Martins. Porto: Caixotim, 2005. Obras de Camilo Castelo Branco. Colecção Caixotim Clássico. 8°, publ. illus. bds. Color frontis., 268 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 972-8651-56-2. $30.00


In addition to the preface (pp. [7]-22), and the text of the novel, this volume contains a list of previous editions, beginning with the first of 1865 (p. 23), notes (pp. [223]-234), and the essay by Júlio Dias da Costa "A Sereia de Camilo: história da protagonista segundo um manuscrito do século XVIII, com um notícia . . . ao meu amigo Delfim Guimarães" (pp. [237]-268).

 
215. CASTELO BRANCO, Camilo. O que fazem mulheres, romance filosófico. Preface by Annabela Rita. Porto: Caixotim, 2005. Obras de Camilo Castelo Branco. Colecção Caixotim Clássico. 8°, publ. illus. bds. Color frontis., 206 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 972-8651-32-5. $25.00

First published 1858. The preface occupies pp. [11]-21; this is followed by an "Apêndice bibliográfico" (pp. 22-3). The series editor and publisher contribute a "Nota editorial" (pp. [7]-9).
 

216. CURI, Chó do, pseud. [i.e. Maria de Fátima]. Chiquito da Camuxiba, romance. Lisbon: Colibri / Instituto do Marquês de Valle Flôr, 2006. Colecção Literatura e Cultura Africana. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 223 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-772-628-3. $25.00

Awarded the Prémio de Literatura Africana, 2003, by the Instituto Marquês de Valle Flôr. The author was born in Quibala, Kwanza Sul province, Angola, in 1959. After completing secondary schooling in Angola, she attended the Faculdade de Farmácia at the Universidade de Lisboa. At the time this book appeared she was said to be in Luanda, completing her work for a degree in Acção Social from the Universidade Aberta de Lisboa. She has published two volumes of poetry and a collection of short stories. Her poetry has also appeared in two anthologies. This appears to be her first work of longer fiction.

 
217. EÇA DE QUEIROZ, [José Maria], and [José Duarte] Ramalho Ortigão. O mistério da Estrada de Sintra: "Cartas ao Diário de Notícias". 2nd ed. [sic; i.e. 2nd ed. thus?] Preâmbulo e notas de A. Campos Matos. Lisbon: Parceria A.M. Pereira, 2005. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 247 pp., illus. ISBN: 972-8645-28-7. With "Illustrações de época". $45.00

 
218. GONÇALVES, Samuel. Chinho e Colixo, romance. Lisbon: Colibri / Instituto do Marquês de Valle Flôr, 2006. Colecção Literatura e Cultura Africana. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 191 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-772-627-5. $25.00

Awarded the Prémio de Literatura Africana, 2003, by the Instituto Marquês de Valle Flôr. Samuel Gonçalves, a physician specializing in orthopedics and trauma, is a native of the Island of Fogo, Cabo Verde. He studied in Cabo Verde and Angola, and has practiced in Brazil and the United States. At the time this book appeared he was working at the Hospital Baptista de Sousa in São Vicente. This is his first literary work.

 
219. HALPERN, Armando [Júdice]. O segredo do cavaleiro. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2006. Romance. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 236 pp. ISBN: 989-555-187-8. $30.00

The subtitle given on the front cover, but not on the title page, states "O regresso ao nundo e aventureiro das Mil e uma noites e do Rei Artur." The author of this novel was born in Lisbon, 1961. At the time it was published he was working in England, near Stonehenge. He has published books on computer programming, as well as a collection of short stories, A rainha da noite. This is his first novel.

 
220. KELLERMAN, Paulo. Gastar palavras, estórias. Gémeo Luís, illus. Porto: Deriva, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 67 pp., (1 l.), illus.. ISBN: 972-9250-16-2. $22.00

 
221. LOURO, Sónia. Viriato: o filho rebelde. Lisbon: Via Occidentalis Editora, 2006. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 234 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-8966-01-6. $35.00

This historical novel dealing with the second-century A.D. revolt of the mythical hero Viriato against Roman rule in Lusitania was awarded the Prémio Dr. João Isabel. Sonia Louro was born in France in 1976. She holds a degree in marine biology from the Faculdade de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Universidade do Algarve. This appears to be her first novel, and may very well be her first book.

 
222. NEVES, Abel. Precioso, romance. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2006. ALP. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 302 pp. ISBN: 972-20-3040-X. $32.00

Novel about a wealthy coffee plantation and mine owner forced to return to Portugal from Angola after 1974. Born in Montalegre in 1956, the author has published a number of volumes of plays, as well as a volume of poetry. This appears to be his fourth or fifth novel.

 
223. OLIVEIRA, Carlos de. Pequenos burgueses, romance. Lisbon: Assírio & Alvim, 2005. Obras de Carlos de Oliveira. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 147 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 972-37-1052-8. $25.00

First published Coimbra 1948, the present volume is based on the text of the "definitive" seventh edition, Lisbon: Sá da Costa, 1981. Some errors in that edition are said to have been corrected. Born in Belém do Pará in 1921, the author's parents, Portuguese emigrants, returned with their son in 1923 to live in Gândara. From 1972 until his death in Lisbon in 1981 he devoted himself completely to literature. Between 1942 and 1977 he published nine volumes of poetry; from 1943 to 1978 there were five novels; he also published a book of "crónicas" in 1971.

 
224. PEPETELA, pseud. [i.e. Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos]. Predadores, romance. 3rd ed. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2006. Autores de Língua Portuguesa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 383 pp. ISBN: 972-20-2895-2. $35.00

First published September 2005. This third edition of this novel about the chaotic conditions in Angola on the eve of independence appeared in January 2006. 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.

 
225. RAMOS, Manuel da Silva. Ambulância, romance. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2006. Autores da Língua Portuguesa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 286 pp. ISBN: 972-20-2985-1. $30.00

The author (b. Covilhã, 1947), has written at least ten previous books, most if not all fiction. His first, Os três seios de novélia (1968, 3rd ed. 1996), was awarded the Prémio de Novelística Almeida Garrett in 1968. He has also published three books jointly with Alface (pseud., i.e. João Alfacinha da Silva).

 
226. REIS, Patrícia. Amor em segunda mão, romance. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2006. ALP. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 189 pp. ISBN: 972-20-2968-1. $28.00

The author began her career in journalism in 1988, working for O Independente. She worked for Sábado, in the United States for Time magazine, 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), as well as a novlla Cruz das almas (2004). At the time this present novella appeared, she was editor of Egoísta, a post held for several years.
 

227. REIS-SA, Jorge. Todos os dias, romance. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2006. ALP. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 186 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 972-20-2952-5. $28.00

Reis-Sá, born Vila Nova da Famalicão, 1977, was judged the winner of the III Jogos Florais de Vila Nova de Familicão. He was a founder, and at the time this book appeared was director of the publishing house Quasi Edições. He has published four volumes of poetry, collaborated in and edited significant anthologies. This appears to be his first published work of longer fiction.
 

228. RODRIGUES, Fernando José. Gestos esquecidos. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2006. Romance. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 304 pp. ISBN: 989-555-179-7. $35.00

Awarded the Prémio Literário Almeida Firmino, this novel is set in the 1980s in Portugal. Virgílio is a militant in the Forças Populares-25 de Abril. He takes part in an action which results in the death of a wealthy businessman from the North, José Trinan, and gravely injures one of the man's daughters, Dulce. João Pedro, Vergílio's eighteen-year-old son, reveals his father's activities to a judge. Later, João Pedro's path crosses that of Dulce. They fall passionately in love. The author was born in Coimbra, 1956. The present work is his third novel. At the time this book appeared he was teaching high school. He has also taught at Portsmouth University in the United Kingdom, and Stockholm. While there he translated into English the acceptance speech of José Saramago for the Nobel Prize in literature. D. Sebastião chega sempre a horas (1999), the author's first novel, is based on the fantasy that the revolution of 25th April 1974 had been defeated by a counter-revolution on the 26th. Twenty-five years later, the masses shout "26 de Abril, sempre!" Next to the Jeronimos monastery is the Centro Salazar. Novas do achamento do inferno (2001), his second novel, is set in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, featuring the voyage of Pedro Alvares Cabral to India via Brazil.
 

229. SANTOS, António Lares dos. 60 Minutos na vida de um médico. Lisbon: Prefácio, 2005. Colecção Romance e Ficção. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 165 pp. ISBN: 972-8816-73-1. $30.00

Born in Sé Nova, Coimbra, 1951, the author has worked as an economist for banks and real estate concerns both in Portugal and abroad. He has written for newspapers; this is his first published work of longer fiction.
 

230. SILVA, Deonísio da. Avante, soldados: para trás. Apresentação de Pires Laranjeira. Lisbon: Figueirinhas, 2005. Colecção Ocios do Ofício, 5. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 203 pp., (1 l., 1 l. advt.). ISBN: 972-661-185-7. $25.00

Awarded the Prémio Internacional de Literatura Casa de las Américas (José Saramago was on the jury). Originally published São Paulo: Editora Siciliano, 1992. The introduction by Pires Laranjeira appears to be original to the present edition. Deonísio da Silva was born in Siderópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, in 1948. Novelist, short story writer and essayist, at the time this volume appeared he was teaching at the Universidade de São Carlos, São Paulo, where he directed the University Press, and created chairs in the literatures of all Portuguese speaking countries.

 
231. SOUSA-RODRIGUES, Sérgio. O alfarrabista que mandou falsificar Os Lusíadas. Lisbon: Prefácio, 2005. Colecção Romance e Ficção. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 113 pp. ISBN: 972-8816-76-6. $30.00

Under the pseudonym "S. Franclim" the author has published three volumes of poetry, four of nonfiction essays, and a novel. Born in Lisbon, 1978, this appears to be the first book for which he has used his real name.