RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS BULLETIN 53

August 2006

 
PART XVIII:

Fiction

 
See also items 137, 147, 236, 237, 239, 240, 244, 245, 256, 264, 265 & 269.

211. ABRUNHOSA, Octávio. O jogo da glória, contos. Porto: Caixotim, 2006. Colecção Letras do Caixotim, Ficção Portuguesa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 164 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 972-8651-88-0. $26.00
 

212. ANDRADE, Alexandre. Aqui vem o sol. Vila Nova da Famalição: Quasi, 2005. Biblioteca "Em Nome da Terra". 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 314 pp., (3 ll.). ISBN: 989-552-078-6. $36.00

The author of this collection of stories, born in Lisbon, 1971, has previously published a novel and another collection of short stories.
 

213. ANDRADE, Inácio Rebelo de. Na babugem do êxodo (sombras e claridades de uma época colonial), (romance). Lisbon: Vega, 2005. Colecção Palavra Africana / Ficção. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 362 pp. ISBN: 972-699-830-1. $30.00

The author of this novel about the decolonization of Angola, a native of Huambo, left Angola for Portugal in 1975. He has published seven previous volumes of fiction and two volumes of memoirs, all or almost all relating to the region of his birth. The present work contains a substantial glossary (pp. 335-44), and a cronology for the history of the city of Huambo, a.k.a. Nova Lisboa (pp. 347-62).
 

214. BRANCO, Vasco. Os generosos delírios da burguesia. 2nd ed. Vila Nova da Famalição: Quasi, 2005. Biblioteca "Em Nome da Terra". 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 155 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 989-552-132-4. $28.00

First published 1980, this novella was awarded the Grande Prémio Ficção, 1979 by the Associação Portuguesa de Escritores (with the collaboration of the Secretaria de Estado da Cultura). The author of fiction, filmmaker, ceramist and painter Vasco [Augusto de Pinho Ferreira] Branco was born in Aveiro, 1919. See Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, IV, 703.

 
215. CARPINTEIRO, Margarida. Um navio na gaveta. Lisbon: Temas e Debates, 2006. Lusografias, 20. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 143 pp. ISBN: 972-759-807-2. $32.00

Novella which recreates the life in a small hamlet in Beira Baixa in the 1920s. The author and actress Margarida Carpinteiro was born in Lisbon, 1943. She studied Romance Philology at the Faculdade de Letras, Universidade de Lisboa. Working regularly in the theater, reviews, film and television, in 1985 she published her first book, Ninguém morre de véspera. The following year she published Silêncio na casa do barulho, and in 1993 published Um animal desconhecido.

 
216. CASTELO BRANCO, Camilo. Amor de perdição (memórias de uma família). Preface by Vasco Pulido Valente. Lisbon: Alêtheia Editores, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 206 pp. ISBN: 989-622-002-6. $32.00

The preface occupies pp. 5-20.

217. CASTELO BRANCO, Camilo. Estrelas propícias. Prefácio, Sérgio de Sousa. Porto: Caixotim, 2006. Obras de Camilo Castelo Branco. Colecção Caixotim Clássico. 8°, publ. illus. bds. 212 pp., (2 ll.), color frontisport. ISBN: 972-8651-82-1. $26.00

The preface occupies pp. [7]-33.

 
218. CASTELO BRANCO, Camilo. Novelas do Minho. Prefácio e fixação do texto, J. Cândido Martins. Porto: Caixotim, 2006. Obras de Camilo Castelo Branco. Colecção Caixotim Clássico. 8°, publ. illus. bds. 517 pp., (1 l.), color frontisport. ISBN: 972-8651-81-3. $40.00

The preface occupies pp. [7]-30.

 
219. FIGUEIRA, Tchalê. Ptolomeu e a sua viagem de circum-navegação. Preface by Germano Almeida. Coimbra: Mar da Palavra, 2005. Colecção Margens Lusófonas, 1. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 87 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-8910-04-5. $20.00

The author of this novella, poet, novelist, actor, musician and painter, was born in 1953 in the city of Mindelo, on the island of São Vicente, Cabo Verde. He fled the Portugal of the Marcello Caetano regime, spent some time in Rotterdam, and then begain working as a ship's chandler, the occupation of his father, traveling around the world, as does the protagonist of the present book, the Cabo Verdean Ptolomeu Rodrigues.

 
220. FIGUEIREDO, Tomaz [Xavier de Azevedo Cardoso] de (1902-1970). Novelas e contos. Volume I: Procissão dos defuntos; Vida de cão. Preface by Baptista-Bastos. Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, 2006. Biblioteca de Autores Portugueses. Obras Completas de Tomaz de Figueiredo. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 354 pp., (1 l. adv., 1 l. colophon). One of 1,000 copies. ISBN: 972-27-1435-X. $45.00

Third edition. Procissão dos defuntos was first published in 1954 and republished in a revised edition in 1967; Vida de cão first appeared in 1963, and again in 1969. On Tomaz 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.

 
221. FIGUEIREDO, Tomaz [Xavier de Azevedo Cardoso] de (1902-1970). Novelas e contos. Volume II: Tiros de espingarda; A outra cidade. Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, 2006. Biblioteca de Autores Portugueses. Obras Completas de Tomaz de Figueiredo. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 337 pp., (1 l. adv., 1 l. colophon). One of 1,000 copies. ISBN: 972-27-1454-6. $45.00

Second edition. First published 1966 and 1971, respectively.
 

222. FRANCLIM, S., pseud. [i.e. Sérgio Sousa-Rodrigues]. O último maçon: contos do amor e do impossível. Lisbon: Hugin, 2003. Biblioteca Phantastica. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 104 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-794-170-2. $25.00

The author, born in 1978, has published at least three volumes of poetry, three previous works of non-fiction prose and one volume of fiction. The collection is directed by António de Macedo.

 
223. GUIMARÃES, [Francisco] Jorge [Ribeiro]. Sete dias diferentes. Barahona Possollo, illus. Lisbon: Hugin, 2003. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 111 pp., (2 ll.), illus. ISBN: 972-794-182-6. $26.00

Daniel Gouveia called these stories "Só aparentemente ficção científica." Poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer, painter, and art critic, the author, born in Lisbon in 1933, has published eight volumes of poetry, twelve volumes of fiction, four volumes of art history and criticism, three volumes of plays, and two of essays. His Odes nocturnas won the Prémio Eça de Queiroz, awarded by the Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, 1990. There have been at least six individual exhibitions of his art, which has also been exhibited in a number of collective showings. See Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, VI, 195-6; also Pamplona, Dicionário de pintores e escultores portugueses, III, 99.

 
224. LUZ, Isabel Vieira da. A casa da Praia do Sul. Ericeira: Mar de Letras, 2006. Colecção Crónicas e Ficções, 2. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 223 pp., (3 ll.). ISBN: 972-8379-43-9. $26.00

The author was born in Coimbra, and took a post-graduate degree in special education in 2000. At the time this book appeared she was teaching in her area of specialization. The present volume is her first published work of fiction.

 
225. mãe, valter hugo. O remorso de baltazar serapião. Matosinhos: Quidnovi, 2006. Quidnovi Literatura Portuguesa. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 189, (1) pp. ISBN: 972-8998-10-4. $30.00

Novella set in the middle ages, with all its brutality and misery, poetically recreating archaic language. 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. His first book of fiction, O nosso reino (2004), billed on the publisher's "belt" as "uma revelação no romance português", was selected by the Diário de notícias as one of the best Portuguese "romances" of 2004.
 

226. MARINHO, Carlos, Victor Domingos, Ana Pinto Machado, et al. Contos de D. Sancho: Antologia do Concurso Literário "D. Sancho I". Vila Nova da Famalição: Quasi, 2005. Biblioteca Oito Séculos. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 145 pp., (3 ll.). ISBN: 989-552-141-3. $28.00

 
227. MILHANO, Deolinda. Cartas amordaçadas. Lisbon: Colibri , 2006. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 142 pp., (1 l.). One of 500 copies. ISBN: 972-772-647-X. $25.00

This novella is the author's first work of fiction. She is a native of the Alentejo, and was residing in Portalegre when this book appeared.

 
228. 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. $50.00

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.
 

229. 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

 
230. PIÑON, Nélida. Vozes do deserto. Lisbon: Temas e Debates, 2005. Lusografias, 19. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 264 pp. ISBN: 972-759-792-0. $35.00

This novel was awarded the Prémio Jabuti, 2005, as well as the Prémio Príncipe de Astúrias, 2005. The author was born in Rio de Janeiro, 1935. She has enjoyed a long career in Brazil as a journalist, contributor to newspapers and reviews, and as an author of fiction, with at least ten previous volumes of fiction to her credit.

 
231.SANTOS, José Rodrigues dos. A filha do capitão, romance. 12th ed. Lisbon: Gradiva, 2006. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. with d.j. 634 pp., 2 maps in text. ISBN: 972-662-994-2. $50.00

Novel set in France during World War I, first published in November, 2004. This twelfth edition appeared in June 2006. 60,000 copies are said to have been printed, which makes the book a runaway bestseller by Portuguese standards. The author, born in Mozambique, 1964, has published four volumes of essays, and one previous work of fiction. A journalist, he began his career with Radio Macau in 1981, and worked for the BBC in London from 1987 to 1990. In 1990 he moved to RTP, and collaborated with CNN from 1993 to 2002. With a doctorate in Communication Sciences, Rodrigues dos Santos has taught at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa. He has been awarded prizes in journalism twice by the Clube Português de Imprensa and three times by CNN.
 

232. SARAMAGO, José. Memorial do convento, romance. 37th ed. Lisbon: Caminho, 2005. O Campo da Palavra. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 373 pp. ISBN: 972-21-0026-2. $28.00

One of the Nobel Prize-winning author's two or three most important works. First published 1984.
 

233. SILVA, Sandra, ed. Onde a terra acaba: contos portugueses. / From the Edge: Portuguese Short Stories. Preface by Teresa F.A. Alves and Teresa Cid. English translations by Diana Almeida, John Elliott and Patrícia Odber de Baubeta, with revisions by Eduarda Melo Cabrita, Isabel Mealha, Luísa Falcão, and Margarida Vale de Gato. Lisbon: 101 Noites / University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies / Centro de Estudos Anglísticos da Universidade de Lisboa, 2006. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 160; 168 pp. Text in Portuguese and English. ISBN: 972-8494-54-8. $30.00

Stories by Alexandre Andrade, Catarina Fonseca, Diana Almeida, Gonçalo M. Tavares, Hélia Correia, Jacinto Lucas Pires, João Aguiar, João de Mancelos, Jorge Vaz de Carvalho, Luísa Costa Gomes, Onésimo Teotónio Almeida, Rui Zink, Rute Beirante, Teolinda Gersão, and Urbano Tavares Rodrigues. The original Portuguese texts occupy 160 pp. and the 168 pp. in English translation are bound in dos-à-dos fashion. At the end of each is a paragraph about each author.

 
234. VAZ, Júlio [Guilherme Ferreira] Machado. O tempo dos espelhos. Lisbon: Texto Editores, 2006. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 158 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-47-3110-3. $28.00

The author of this mystery novella, a psychiatrist born in Porto in 1949, has published fiction, essays, scientific and popular scientific studies: O sexo dos anjos, Domingos, Sábados e outros dias, O fio invisível, Muros, Conversas no papel, Estilhaços, and Estes difíceis amores.

 
235. XAVIER, Alberto. Al-Gharb, 1146: viagem onírica ao "Portugal" muçalmano. Lisbon: Bertrand, 2006. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 476 pp., double-page map. ISBN: 972-25-1456-3. $40.00

The central characters of this novel are Ali, the wealthy, cultured and refined son of a Roman mother and a Greco-Byzantine father who had converted to Islam, and Fatima, his wife. A number of themes are intertwined in the narrative, including the inventive recipes of their cook Matilde, Islamic art, perfumes, color theory, anti-Semitism, fundamentalism, terror, erotic diversions, and reflections on the great leaders of the day, such as Afonso Henriques of Portugal, Afonso VII of Leon and Castile, and others. On the whole, in 1146 there was still an aura of tolerance among the three great religions of the Iberian Peninsula. The following year Afonso Henriques conquered Lisbon, and things began to change. The author was born in Lisbon, 1942. With a doctorate in law from the Universidade de Lisboa, he became a professor at the Faculdade de Direito, but emigrated to Brazil in 1975, where he has partaken of university life and has practiced law. He has written a great deal in his specialty, published both in Portugal and Brazil. This novel is his first work of fiction.