RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS
BULLETIN 56

April 2007


PART XXI:

Fiction

 
See also items 86, 204, 215, 353 & 360.

273. ADAMOPOULOS, Sarah. Fado menor. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2005. Colecção Romance. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 203 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 989-555-143-6. $25.00

Novella, or brief novel, about life in Portugal from the 1940s to the beginning of the tweny-first century. The author, a journalist, was born in Rotterdam in 1964. She grew up in the Netherlands and in Portugal. In the 1980s she began her career in Journalism, working for O Independente. She has worked in radio, and collaborated in various reviews, including Notícias Magazine. This appears to be her fifth book.

 
274. ALBUQUERQUE, António Andrade (Dick Haskins). O Papa que nunca existiu. Porto: Asa, 2007. Colecção Finisterra [Autores Contemporâneos de Língua Portuguesa]. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 494 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-41-4944-8. $45.00

The author was born in Lisbon, 1929. He is best known of having written, under the pseudonym "Dick Haskins" a series of 'page turning" detective novels, translated into numerous languages and published in at least 33 countries. According to a publisher's blurb, this novel is the first in a diptych, to be followed by the as yet unpublished "O Expresso de Berlim". See Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, V, 678.

 
275. ALEGRE [de Melo Duarte], Manuel. A terceira rosa. Posfácio de Clara Rocha. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2007. Autores de Língua Portuguesa. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 143 pp., (1 l. advt.). ISBN: 972-20-2937-7. $25.00

The posfácio by Clara Rocha (pp. 137-43), did not appear in the original edition (1998). The author of this novella, Born in Agueda in 1936, in addition to his distinguished literary career, above all as a poet, was at the time this book originally appeared a Socialist deputy and Vice-President of the Assembleia da República. He subsequently ran for President of Portugal in 2006, coming in second place to Aníbal Cavaco e Silva; Mário Soares ran a distant third.

 
276. AMARAL, Domingos [Freitas de]. Enquanto Salazar dormia. . .Memórias de um espião em Lisboa. 7th ed. Lisbon: Casa das Letras, 2006. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 467 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-46-1654-1. $45.00

Novel set in Lisbon, 1941, based on the supposed memoirs of Jack Gil Mascarenhas, a Luso-British spy, sent on a mission to dismantle the networks of Nazi espionage active throughout Portugal, recounted 50 years after the fact. The author's fourth work of fiction. First published April 2006. This seventh edition appeared in October the same year. The author's first novel Amor à 1 vista, went through three editions between March and April 1999. His detective novella with a comic touch, O fanático do sushi, was published in book form in 2000. His third work of fiction, Os Cavaleiros de S. João Baptista (2004), a detective novel mixing crime, love and sex with the search for hidden treasures of the Order of the Templars in the region of Tomar, was about an ancient relic thought to have been stolen, and secrets about the History of Portugal. Born Lisbon, 1967, the author holds an M.A. in International Relations from Columbia University. He has worked as a journalist, contributing to Independente for eleven years (1991-2001?), and to the Diário de notícias during 1997. From its inception in 2001 he was editor-in-chief of the review Maxmen; at the time this volume was published he was still in this post.
 

277. ARANHA, Eduardo Brito. Amor terapêutico. Lisbon: Padrões Culturais Editora, 2007. Colecção Paixões Mundanas, 19. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 9 full page illus. ISBN: 972-8721-66-4. $25.00

Humorous short stories. The author has also written a fictionalized account of the his experiences of military service in Angola in the early 1970s, Um barco fardado (2005).

 
278. ARAUJO, Jorge, and Pedro Sousa Pereira. Nem tudo começa com um beijo. Posfácio de Pedro Ayres Magalhães. 3rd ed. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2005. Colecção Ficção. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 165 pp., illus. in text, 18 color plates. $30.00

Novella about "a history of love between two irreconcilable worlds". First published earlier the same year. Text by Araújo, illustrations by Sousa Pereira. Jorge Araújo was born in Cabo Verde. He studied at the Catholic University, Louvain, has worked for O Independente, Já, TVI, and the BBC World Service. At the time this book appeared he was directing the Sunday review for Correio da Manhã. In 1999 he was awarded the Prémio Gazeta of the Clube de Jornalista, and in 2003 was awarded the Prémio AMI-Jornalismo contra a Indiferença. He published Timor, o insuportável ruído das lágrimas (2000). Pedro Sousa Pereira was born in Angola, 1966. He participated in the founding of Rádio Nova and was part of the administration of Rádio Macau. Working as a journalist for SIC since 1997, he was part of the team which founded SIC Notícias. He has written the lyrics for songs on recordings about the imprisionment of Xanana Gusmão, and about general Humberto Delgado. The two co-authors met in Díli in 1999. In 2003 together they were awarded the Prémio Literatura Gulbenkian for the book Comandante Hussi; in 2005 they published Nem tudo começa com um beijo.
 

 
279. ARAUJO, Jorge, and Pedro Sousa Pereira. Paralelo 75, ou o segredo de um coração traído. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2006. Colecção Ficção. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 264 pp., illus. in text, 12 color plates. ISBN: 989-555-196-7. $35.00

Novel set in Portugal and Lusophone Africa, 1975. "O Senhor Engenheiro" is forced to abandon his plantation in Africa to live in a rooming house in Portugal. Divorced from reality, his mind brings him back to Africa. Text by Araújo, illustrations by Sousa Pereira.

 
280. AROUCA, Manuel. Deixei o meu coração em Africa. 3rd ed. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2006. Colecção Romance. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 447 pp. ISBN: 989-555-154-1. $45.00

This novel was first published 2005. According to a publisher's statement on the front cover, it includes "O amor em tempos de guerra, a sedução de Africa e o retrato de um Portugal inesquecível". Born in Porto Amélia, Moçambique, 1955, the author is a lawyer who gave up his practice to produce texts for television and documentaries, in addition to "telenovelas". He has also written several previous works of fiction, including Filhos da Costa do Sol, considered one of the most important "best sellers" of the 1980s, as well adventure stories for children.

 
281. BATISTA, Márcia. Por favor, não mexer! Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2004. Colecção Ficção. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 126 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 989-555-077-4. $22.00

The author of this novella, her first book, was born in Vila Nova de Gaia, 1977.

 
282. BENAVENTE, Ana, and Maria Manuel Viana. Damas, ases e valetes. Lisbon: Teorema, 2007. Colecção Outras Estórias. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 187 pp. ISBN: 972-695-696-9. $25.00

Novella in sort of a dialogue form between cousins, Elisa and Isabel, so close as to be more like sisters. The discussions include much of what has gone on in Portugal and the world over the past 40 years or so, including "antifascism", the 25th of April revolution, sexual inequality, domestic violence, illiteracy, "machismo", exploitation of children, etc. Ana Benavente, a native of Cartaxo, has written a number of books and articles on education. She was Secretária de Estado da Educação in Socialist governments (1995-2001), and continued to serve as a parliamentary deputy until 2003. At the time this book appeared she was doing consulting work for UNESCO. The book is described as her first "romance". Maria Manuel Viana, born in Figueira da Foz, lived for more than 20 years in Castelo Branco, where she was vereadora da Cultura and coordenadora for the Gabinete para a Igualdade. In 2000 she published her first "romance", A paixão de Ana B, which was followed by A dupla vida de M João.
 

283. CACHAPA, Possidónio. A materna doçura. Lisbon: Assirio & Alvim, 1998. A Phala, 14. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 299 pp., (1 l., 1 l. adv.). ISBN: 972-37-0497-8. $50.00

FIRST EDITION. According to a blurb on the leaf preceding the title page, "Possidónio Cachapa é escritor, mergulhador, contador de histórias, pintor, professor, agricultor, dançarino de valsas e pasodobles, realizador de cinema, argumentista, ingénuo, boa pessoa e mágico aos olhos da filha que semeia feijão com ele e controla o mundo do alto dos seus ombros gigantescos de cavaleiro nobre. Possidónio Cachapa é um nome complicado para um escritor que vive entre o céu e o mar."

 
284. CACHAPA, Possidónio. Materna doçura. 2nd ed. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2004. Colecção Romance. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 245 pp. ISBN: 989-555-072-3. $32.00
 

285. CACHAPA, Possidónio. Rio da Glória. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2006. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 396 pp. ISBN: 989-555-241-6. $40.00

Novel described as "Umas viagem ao coração de um mundo desconhecido." The author is said to have travelled in Brazil with a backpack in order to write this book. A native of Evora, the author spent his adolescent years in the Açores. He has published at least seven books, several of which have achieved some commercial as well as critical success.

 
286. CARDOSO, Luís. Requiem para o navegador solitário, romance. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2007. Autores de Língua Portuguesa. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 223 pp. ISBN: 972-20-2982-7. $30.00

Fourth novel, set in Timor, by this author, who is a native of Cailaco, Timor. His first novel, Crónica de uma travessia (1997), has been translated and published in English, French, Swedish, Italian, and German, and awarded the Prémio Fernando Silvan by the Sociedade de Língua Portuguesa.
 

287. CARMELO, Luís. E Deus pegou-me pela cintura. Lisbon: Guerra & Paz, 2007. Colecção Tempos Modernos. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 192 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 989-8014-35-1. $30.00

A Portuguese female journalist, along with two Italian women, is kidnapped in Lebanon. Portuguese troops are sent to the Middle East. There are diplomatic games between Rome, Lisbon, and the United Nations. The author, born in Evora in 1954, has published at least nine previous works of longer fiction, three volumes of poetry, a play, at least a dozen collections of essays, as well as his doctoral dissertation from the University of Utrecht: Représentation du Réel dans les textes Prophétiques de la Littérature Aliamiado-Morisque (1995). Luís Carmelo was a professor on the Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, and since 1990, associated with the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa.

 
288. CASTELO BRANCO, Camilo. A Bruxa de Monte Córdova. Preface by Maria João Pais do Amaral. Porto: Caixotim, 2007. Obras de Camilo Castelo Branco. Colecção Caixotim Clássico. 8°, publ. illus. bds. 287 pp., (4 ll.), color frontisport. ISBN: 972-8651-83-X. $35.00

The preface occupies pp. [7]-48.

 
289. CASTELO BRANCO, Camilo. Amor de perdição (memórias duma família), romance. Prefácio e fixação do texto: Aníbal Pinto de Castro. Porto: Caixotim, 2006. Obras de Camilo Castelo Branco. Colecção Caixotim Clássico. 8°, publ. illus. bds. 299 pp., (2 ll.), color frontisport. ISBN: 972-8651-82-1. $35.00

Based on the fifth edition, 1879, the last in which there was any intervention by the author, in conjunction with a critical edition of a manuscript version in the Real Gabinete Português de Leitura do Rio de Janeiro, published in facsimile, 1983. The extensively annotated and most illuminating preface occupies pp. [9]-75. Included also are Camilo's prefaces to the second and fifth editions. As are all books from this publisher, this is a nicely designed and well printed volume.
 

290. CASTELO BRANCO, Camilo. O Senhor do Paço de Ninães. Preface by Maria Isabel Rocheta. Porto: Caixotim, 2007. Obras de Camilo Castelo Branco. Colecção Caixotim Clássico. 8°, publ. illus. bds. 251 pp., (3 ll.), color frontisport. ISBN: 972-8651-92-3. $35.00

The preface occupies pp. [7]-29.

 
291. COELHO, João Paul Borges. Campo de trânsito, romance. Lisbon: Caminho, 2007. Outras Margens: Autores Estrangeiros de Língua Portuguesa, 62. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 209 pp. ISBN: 972-21-1864-4. $30.00

Born Porto, 1955, the author has acquired Mozambique 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 Mozambique, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Spain and Canada. This short novel is his seventh volume of fiction.
 

292. CONRADO, Júlio. Querido traficante, romance. Lisbon: Campo da Comunicação, 2006. Colecção Romance. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 222 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.). ISBN: 972-8610-58-0. $30.00

The author of this short novel or novella, born in Olhão, 1936, has published at least seventeen books, including fiction, poetry and essays. He has written for Jornal de notícias, Diário de Lisboa, O século, Diário popular, Vida mundial, Jornal de letras and Colóquio-letras. For more on the novelist, poet, essayist and literary critic Júlio [Martins Custódio] Conrado, see Jorge Colaço in Biblos, I, 1259; also Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, VI, 375-6.

 
293. CORREIA, Clara Pinto. A primeira luz da madrugada. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2006. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 327 pp., frontisport. of "Travessa Pinto Correia". ISBN: 989-555-237-8. $38.00

Novel encompassing European thought from the twelfth century to present days, using the theme of the legend of the Wandering Jew to weave stories within stories, in the manner of the Thousand and One Nights. The author, born in Lisbon in 1960, has published well over 40 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.
 

294. CORREIA, Géraldine. A cabana no fim da praia. Lisbon: Casa das Letras, 2006. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 225 pp. ISBN: 972-46-1672-X. $30.00

The author was born in France (in 1960 or 1968); her mother was French, her father Portuguese. At the time this novel appeared she was said to be living in Carcavelos. This appears to be her second book, and her second work of fiction; her first, Nem sempre há caviar (2003), depicts the life of young adults in present-day Lisbon



295. DELGADO, Rita. Sem medo. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2004. Colecção Romance. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 261 pp. ISBN: 989-555-072-3. $32.00

First novel, by the grandaughter of general Humberto Delgado. She is a lawyer, born in Lisbon, 1963. It is the story of an illicit love affair between a young actress and a married, influential businessman with political aspirations, twenty years older. The book contains an historical background, beginning with the events leading up to the assumption of power of António de Oliveira Salazar, the presidential elections of 1958, the assassination of the author's grandfather in 1965, the revolution of 25 April 1974, the plane crash at Camarate on 4 December 1980, killing Francisco Sá Carneiro and Adelino Amaro da Costa, and even the attack on the World Trade Center of 11 September 2001.
 

296. FALCÃO, Pedro, pseud. [i.e. D. Simão (do Santíssimo Sacramento Pedro Cotta Falcão) Aranha (de Souza Menezes), 1908-]. Os Valares. Introduction by António de Sousa Lara. Preface by Joaquim Baraona. Cascais: Academia de Letras e Artes, 2004. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 503, (1) pp., (1 l. colophon). ISBN: 972-98822-1-5. $50.00

Posthumously published historical novel set in Cascais, beginning in the time of King D. Carlos, and continuing through a good part of the twentieth century. The author wrote three other works of longer fiction, two volumes of short stories, four of poetry, three volumes of "crónicas", and a short story for children. He was also a paintor, as well as a multi-faceted force in the social and intellectual life of Cascais.
 

297. FERREIRA, Sofia Marrecas. Da cor dos seus olhos. Porto: Asa, 2007. Colecção Finisterra [Autores Contemporâneos de Língua Portuguesa]. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 204 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 972-41-4931-8. $30.00

A previous novel by this author, Mulhers de sombra (1996), was awarded the Prémio Máxima de Revelação, 1996. Another novel of her's was titled Uma História da família (2000). She holds a master's degree from King's College, London, the title of her thesis being "O Lisboeta Queirosiano". At the time this volume appeared, the author was living and working in London.

 
298. FERREIRA, Seomara da Veiga. Inês de Castro: a Estalagem dos Assombros. Queluz de Baixo: Presença, 2007. Grandes Narrativas, 349. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 137 pp., (3 pp. advt.). ISBN: 972-23-3716-8. $25.00

Historical novella by this Lisbon native (b. 1942), on one of the most repeated themes of Portuguese literature. The beautiful lady-in-waiting, Inez, had accompanied the Infanta Constança to Portugal on the occasion of the betrothal of the latter to Dom Pedro, the future King. Pedro gave his hand to the Princess and his heart to her lady; until their mutual passion was openly acknowledged between them, and they became two of the world's great lovers. With the death of the Infanta, and the morganatic marriage of Pedro and Inez, began a series of personal and political intrigues at the court of the Prince's father, Dom Affonso IV, O Justiceiro. Veiga Ferreira's novel, António Vieira: o fogo e a rosa (2002), was about Bento de Castro, físico-mor to Queen Christina of Sweden, and close friend of Father António Vieira, who arrives in Lisbon on a "mission impossible," to convince the elderly priest to visit the court of Queen Christina in Rome. The long conversations which ensue reveal Vieira's life and work in detail, including the glory years under D. João IV, as well as the humiliations suffered under D. Afonso VI and D. Pedro II. Crónica esquecida d'El Rei D. João II (1995; 3rd ed., 1998), was an apocryphal chronicle of one of Portugal's most important rulers, received positive critical comment as well as commercial success. Her historical novel in the form of the memoirs of Nero's mother, Memórias de Agripina (1993; 3rd ed. 1995), was also well received both critically and commercially. Leonor Teles, ou o Canto da Salamandra (1998), is set in Portugal during the period of European crisis toward the end of the fourteenth century. An historian, Seomara da Veiga Ferreira has published various scholarly works in journals and in book form, and was responsible for the television series "Os Romanos entre nós."

 
299. FIGUEIREDO, Tomaz [Xavier de Azevedo Cardoso] de (1902-1970). Monólogo em Elsenor: ciclo de romances. Volume II (only volume published to date): Túnica de Nesso; Memorial de Ariel. Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, 2007. Biblioteca de Autores Portugueses. Obras Completas de Tomaz de Figueiredo. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 211 pp., (1 l. colophon). One of 1,000 copies. ISBN: 972-27-1534-8. $40.00

Second edition of Tunica de Nesso, which was first published by Editorial Verbo, 1989. First edition of Memorial de Ariel. 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.



300. FLORES, Francisco Moita. Filhos do vento. 4th ed. Lisbon: Editorial Notícias, 2004. Ficções de Moita Flores. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 285 pp. ISBN: 972-46-1455-7. $40.00

First published 1997. The author of this rural novel, which also served as the basis for a telenovela, was born in Moita in 1953, and formerly worked for the Polícia Judiciaria, specializing in homocide cases. He has devoted himself to investigating the sociology of violence; at the time this book was published he was writing a doctoral dissertation on the subject. He has represented the P.J. on the TV show "Casos de Polícia" and has hosted the show "Marginalidades". He was co-author, with Luís Filipe Costa, of the screenplay for the film "Morte d'homem," and with the same director co-authored the soap opera "Desencontros," considered by some critics as a new departure in the genre. His detective-novel, Polícias sem história (1996), has gone through three edtions.

 
301. FLORES, Francisco Moita. Não há lugar para divorciadas. 6th ed. Lisbon: Editorial Notícias, 2005. Ficções de Moita Flores. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 166 pp. ISBN: 972-46-1456-5. $30.00

First published in May of 2003.
 
302. FLORES, Francisco Moita. O carteirista que fugiu a tempo. 6th ed. Lisbon: Casa das Letras, 2005. Ficções de Moita Flores. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 149 pp. ISBN: 972-46-1306-2. $25.00

First published in November of 2001.

 
303. FREIRE, João Teixeira. O elogio do fracasso. Queluz de Baixo: Presença, 2007. Grandes Narrativas, 346. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 220 pp., (2 ll. advt.). ISBN: 972-23-3699-4. $30.00

The author of this novel is a journalist, born in Lisbon, 1982. This appears to be his first book. It is touted on the publisher's "belt" as "O romance de estreia de um promissor author português."

 
304. GANHO, Tânia. A vida sem ti. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2005. Colecção Romance. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 245 pp. ISBN: 989-555-118-5. $30.00

Novel about Ana, 27, with a collection of boyfriends and no interest in marriage or children. Then she meets Richard, a divorced man twenty-one years her senior, with two young children, she does not hesitate in moving to London, convinced she has met the love of her life. She leaves behind a job at the University, her family, and her independence. Arriving in London, she discovers that her adventure is not exactly what she had planned. The author was born in Coimbra, 1973. She worked as a translator and writer of subtitles for SIC, then moved to London, working as a literary translator. Returning to Lisbon, she wrote this, her first work of fiction, before moving to Hamburg, where she was living at the time this volume appeared.

 
305. GERSÃO, Teolinda. A mulher que prendeu a chuva, e outras histórias. Lisbon: Sudoeste Editora, 2007. Colecção Ficção. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 136 pp, (1 l.). ISBN: 989-8093-01-1. $28.00

The author of these 14 short stories was awarded the Grande Prémio de Romance e Novela da A.P.E. for 1996, and twice awarded the Prémio de Ficção by the PEN Clube. Her writting has also been awarded the Prémio Fernando Namora, the Grande Prémio de Conto Camilo Castelo Branco, and the Prize for Criticism by the International Association of Literary Critics. She was born in Coimbra, 1940, grew up in Moçambique, studied at Coimbra, Tübingen and Berlin, and has been a professor on the faculty of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She has written at least a dozen volumes of fiction, and has been translated into eight languages. See Isabel Allegro de Magalhães in Machado, Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 220-2.

 
306. GONÇALVES, Hugo. O coração dos homens. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2006. Colecção Romance. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 229 pp. ISBN: 989-555-186-X. $30.00

The author's second novel. All women are expelled from a City-State, and their memories errased. A group of friends, Ele, Mau and Grande, grow up in a universe exclusively of men in which boxing becomes the national sport, physical force is a valued quality, and any sign of emotion is regarded as weakness. The three friends roam the city on their motorbikes, seeking out danger and conflict. One day they are forced to confront the rest of the world, and women. Born in 1976; Hugo Gonçalves was a member of the team which launched the review Focus and received the Prémio Revelação do Clube Português de Imprensa. He has contributed to Egoísta, Elle, and Visão, and has written about Lisbon for the Jornal de notícias, and about New York for the Diário económico. At the time this volume appeared, he was living in Madrid, writing for diverse Portuguese publications.

 
307. LIMA-REIS, José Pedro. As confidências da bola de cristal, e outras histórias assim. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2007. Instantes de Leitura, 83. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 117 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 989-625-131-4. $25.00

Collection of short stories, based on the author's clinical experience. He wrote three similar collections, all published in the same series, O estranho caso do testículo desautorizado e outras histórias médicas (2003), O estranho caso da mulher assanhada e outras histórias médicas (2004), and A lenda do cavalo branco e outras histórias médicas (2006). 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.
 

308. LORRE, Sérgio. Veneno com veneno. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2006. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 309 pp. ISBN: 989-555-228-9. $35.00

Novel which includes scenes at an underground bar, where students seek out the criminal world. The author was born in Lisbon, 1964. His paintings have been exhibited more than twenty times in Portugal and abroad. This is his second novel. His first, A cruz de génio, was published in 2004.
 

309. MEDINA [da Silva], João [Augusto]. Os náufragos do Mar da Palha, romance. Lisbon: Horizonte, 2006. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 317 pp. ISBN: 972-24-1462-3. $40.00


Novel set in the café "Mar da Palha" in the bairro of Alcântara, in Lisbon. A "tertúlia" of friends and former students of Tito, old philosophy teacher at a private high school, meets there every Saturday. The debates are monitored by Félix, the black cook from Moçambique, and the owner of the establishment, Abdulkarim, an Indian Muslim fond of reading Mommsen and the Koran. There is also the Russian employee Ludmila, and her son Boris, and a number of other colorful polyglot characters. Born Lourenço Marques, Moçambique, 1939, the author spent much of his early childhood in Johannesburg. His vast production as historian, essayist, and author of fiction has very special characteristics, at times polemic. A "professor catedrático" in the Departamento de História of the Faculdade de Letras of the Universidade de Lisboa, he directed the Instituto de História Contemporânea and the Revista da Faculdade de Letras. He has taught at the University of Aix-en-Provence, Pisa, Cologne, Johns Hopkins, and Brown University. See Alvaro Manuel Machado, Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 302-3; Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, pp. 564-6; and António Ventura in Biblos, III, 581-2.
 

310. MELO, Guilherme de. Os leões não dormem esta noite. 3rd ed. Lisbon: Editorial Notícias, 2002. Colecção Escrito em Português. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 199 pp. ISBN: 972-46-1342-9. $30.00

First published 1990. The author, born in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), Moçambique, moved to Portugal in 1974. A journalist from the age of 20, he had published one novel and two volumes of short stories in Moçambique. In 1981 his first work since arriving in Portugal, A sombra dos dias, was recommended by the jury for the Grande Prémio do Círculo de Leitores; it has since gone through several editions. He has published several other commercially successful works of fiction, and has received critical praise.
 

311. MENDONÇA, Diana, and David Marle. Espero por ti em Paris. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2006. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 123 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 989-555-239-4. $25.00

Novella in which Philippe and Carolina decide to visit Paris. It is the first published work of longer fiction for both authors. Diana Mendonça was born in Cascais, 1980. She was a photographer's model, and journalist, becoming director of a feminine review. She has written Receitas de ópera, and Receitas de contos de fadas de Hans Christian Andersen. She won a national competition for short story writing, and at the time this volume appeared, was president of the Jovens Escritores de Portugal. She has lived in Paris, where she began writing the present work. David Marle was also born in Cascais in 1980. His mother is Portuguese, his father French. He grew up both in Portugal and France. Age ten a text written in school was published in a newspaper. He has persued a career in aviation as a commercial pilot and flight instructor. At the time this volume appeared he was living in Paris.
 

312. MESQUITA, Raúl. Estoril, 1959. Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, 2007. Biblioteca de Autores Portugueses. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 325 pp., (1 l.). One of 800 copies. ISBN: 972-27-1538-6. $40.00

Novel set in Estoril and Monte Estoril during the summer of 1959. The author has published works on psychology and philosophy. He has lived in Belgium and England. This appears to be his first work of fiction.

 
313. MOREIRA, Isabel. Quando uma palavra não basta. Lisbon: Prefácio, 2006. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 69 pp. ISBN: 989-8022-13-2. $22.00

Second work of fiction and second literary work by this author, born in 1976, who has previously written on constitutional law.
 

314. NEVES, João [Luís] César das. O Rapto do Santo: www.raptussancti.net. Lisbon: Verbo, 2006. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 395 pp., tables in text. ISBN: 972-22-2594-4. $40.00

An attempt to download a game on the internet results in an encounter with the Suma teológica of Saint Thomas Aquinas. At the time this volume appeared the author was Professor Catedrático e Presidente do Conselho Científico at the Faculdade de Ciências Económicas e Empresariais of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon. He was formerly Assessor Económico to former Prime Minister Cavaco e Silva. Neves has written at least 25 other books, mostly on economics, but also works of fiction, three of which are in a series of "Aventuras económicas de Dick Shade. Some of his writing have appeared in Polish, Spanish and English.
 

315. OLIVEIRA, Francisco da Costa. Alto risco. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2005. Colecção Ficção. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 206 pp. ISBN: 989-555-128-2. $25.00

A jealous husband follows his wife's lover to Puerto Rico; a poor nobleman marries a rich widow and disputes her inheritance with her daughter; a man whose career had been destroyed is reborn as a "golpista"; a psychiatrist with a personality disorder tries to murder the new boyfriend of his former girlfriend; a businessman formerly a police officer, becomes involved in his first illegal business deal. All this is "high risk". The author was born in Lisbon, 1969. He has practiced law, and published a number of juridical volumes. This brief novel, or novella, appears to be his first book of fiction.
 

316. ONDJAKI. Os da minha rua, estórias. Lisbon: Caminho, 2007. Outras Margens: Autores Estrangeiros de Língua Portuguesa, 63. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 124 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-21-1863-7. $25.00

The author's stories E se amanhã o medo (2005) were awarded the Prémio Literário Sagrada Esperança, 2004, and the Prémio Literário António Paulouro, 2004. Born in Luanda in 1977, he has published at least nine books, including poetry, and at least two novels, and is represented in several anthologies.

 
317. PEDROSA, Margarida. A paixão de Colombo. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2006. Colecção Romance. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 279 pp. ISBN: 989-555-252-1. $35.00

Romantic novel with historical background about a love affair between Columbus and Pilar, future Condessa de Odiáxere, a Portuguese woman forced into a marriage with a Spanish nobleman. The author, born in Evora, 1964, has written two previous novels, and two collections of short stories. Her previous work,Só ao Bispo me confesso (2004; 3rd ed., 2005), is an historical novel about Inês de Toledo, witch at the court of D. João II, condemned to die in the Praça do Giraldo, in Evora.
 


318. PESSOA, Fernando. Livro do desassossego, composto por Bernardo Soares [pseud.], ajudante de guarda-livros na cidade de Lisboa. Richard Zenith, ed. Lisbon: Círculo de Leitores, 2006. Obras Essencial de Fernando Pessoa, 1. Lge. 8°, publ. illus. bds. 479 pp., frontisport., endnotes. ISBN: 972-42-3806-7. $50.00

The editor's preface occupies pp. 13-33. The collection "Obras Essencial de Fernando Pessoa", edited by Richard Zenith, is being published jointly by Assírio & Alvim and the Círculo de Leitores. This first volume in the series quickly went out-of-print in the Assírio & Alvim printing, but is still available from the Círculo de Leitores. The two printings are identical except for the differing imprints and ISBNs.

 
319. PINTO, Margarida Rebelo. Vou contar-te um segredo. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2006. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 234 pp. ISBN: 989-555-246-7. $30.00

This collection of short and shorter romantic pieces was published in an initial edition of 25,000 copies. The author has had several best-selling books among at least five 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.
 

320. PIRES, António Thomaz. Contos populares alentejanos recolhidos da tradição oral. Colectânea, edição crítica e introdução de Mário F. Lages. 2nd ed., augmented. Lisbon: Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Centro de Estudos dos Povos e Culturas de Expressão Portuguesa, 2004. Colecção Estudos e Documentos, 11. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 198 pp., (1 l.), extensive endnotes. One of 1,000 copies. ISBN: 972-9045-15-1. $30.00

 
321. RAMOS, Manuel da Silva. O sol da meia-noite, seguido de Contos para a juventude Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2007. Autores de Língua Portuguesa. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 167 pp. ISBN: 972-20-3276-6. $25.00

The author (b. Covilhã, 1947), has written at least eleven 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).
 

322. REAL, Miguel. O último negreiro. Matosinhos: Quidnovi, 2006. Colecção Literatura Portuguesa. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 398 pp., 8 ll. illus., more than half in color, printed on both sides, bibliography. ISBN: 972-8998-39-2. $40.00

This historical novel tells the story of Francisco Felix de Sousa, called the greatest Portuguese slave trader, who lived in Bahia and Benim from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century, building an empire of land, ships, and men. Father of more than 100 offspring, Sousa continued to trade in slaves even after the slave trade was abolished. Mighel Real's historical novel A voz da terra (2005; 2nd ed. 2005), awarded the prémio Fernando Namora, 2006, was about the Marquês de Pombal and the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. The author's novel A visão de Túndalo por Eça de Queirós (2000) was awarded the Prémio Literário Ler by the Fundação Círculo de Leitores. He was previously awarded the Prémio de Revelação APE / IPLB, Ensaio Literário / 1995. Born in Lisbon in 1953, Miguel Real has published a number of works of literary history and criticism, as well as secondary school literary manuals, and a novel in which Plato, near death, confesses to having invented Socrates, using an honored old slave as his model. He has written for the theater in collaboration with Filomena Oliveira. He also wrote Memórias de Branca Dias (2003), a novel based on the legendary Branca Dias, a matriarch of sixteenth-century Pernambuco, one of the first female plantation owners in Brazil.
 

323. REIS, Patrícia. Morder-te o coração, romance. 2nd ed. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2007. Autores de Língua Portuguesa. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 155 pp. ISBN: 972-20-3268-1. $25.00

First published January 2007; this second edition is said to have appeared in February. It is the most recent of a number of novellas by this author, born in 1970, who 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 novellas Cruz das almas (2004) and Amor em segunda mão (2006). At the time this present novella appeared, she was editor of the magazine Egoísta, a post held for several years.

 
324. ROCHETA, Maria Isabel, and Serafina Martins, eds. Conto português [séculos XIX-XXI]: antologia crítica. Porto: Caixotim, 2006. Colecção "Antologias do Caixotim". Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 350 pp., (1 l.), illus., endnotes. ISBN: 972-8651-93-0. $35.00

Stores by Alexandre Herculano, Camilo Castelo Branco, Eça de Queiroz, António Patrício, Aquilino Ribeiro, José Rodriges Miguéis, Branquinho da Fonseca, David Mourão-Ferreira, Mário de Carvalho, and Lídia Jorge.
 

325. ROSA, Luís. Bocage: a vida apaixonada de um genial libertino. Queluz de Baixo: Presença, 2006. Grandes Narrativas, 344. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 219 pp., (2 ll. advt.). ISBN: 972-23-3689-5. $35.00

The author's historical novel O claustro do silêncio (first published July 2002; the second edition appeared in September of the same year) was unanimously awarded the Prémio Vergílio Ferreira. The work reflects on the political convulsions which took place in Portugal between the third French invasion (1811), and the fleeing of the monks from Alcobaça (1833). It demonstrates the author's profound knowledge of the historiography of the Cistercian Order. A publisher's blurb states: "Romance histórico por excelência, recreador e preservador de um património único e nosso . . . é um belíssimo objecto literário, cuja força passa pela liberdade com que o autor soube usar os seus materiais linguísticos." His novel O terramoto de Lisboa e a invenção do mundo (2004) deals with Eugénio dos Santos e Carvalho, the architect responsible for the reconstruction of Lisbon after the devastating 1755 earthquake. Another historical novel, O amor infinito de Pedro e Inês was first published in November 2005. It went through two editions during the same month; while a third edition was published in December. Luís Rosa also has published a novel, Depois da guerra in 1991, a work on business sociology in 1992, and various poems in the review Descriptor, 1993. The author's first separately published book of poetry, Poemas de amar e pensar um pouco, also appeared in 1993.
 

326. ROSADO, Pedro G. Crimes Solitários. Lisbon: Temas e Debates, 2004. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 264 pp. ISBN: 972-759-722-X. $30.00

Novel about the relations between the police and journalism. This is the author's first published work of fiction, and the first novel in his trilogy called O Estado do Crime. He was born in Lisbon, 1955. A professional journalist since 1978, he has written for O Diário, O Jornal, and the Diário de Notícias, and at the time this volume appeared was editor-in-chief of the review Comunicando. He is the author of books about cinema, as well as Porque se revoltaram os estudantes do ensino superior (Texto, 1994), and Manual do assassinio político (Minerva, 2001).
 

327. ROSADO, Pedro G. Ulianov e o Diabo. Lisbon: Temas e Debates, 2006. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 328 pp. ISBN: 972-759-795-5. $35.00

Novel about an ex-KGB agent in Lisbon. This is the author's second published work of fiction, and the second novel in his trilogy called O Estado do Crime.
 

328. ROSADO, Pedro G. O Club de Macau. Lisbon: Bertrand, 2007. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 314 pp. ISBN: 972-25-1546-7. $35.00

Said to be the first novel inspired by the "Processo Casa Pia". Macau, 1984: a judge (the future Procurador-Geral da República), three policemen, a physician, and a television host go to a secret bordello, the "Club de Macau", looking for Chinese adolescents willing to pay any price in order to flee China to the West. When one of them is killed, the Club dissolves. Twenty years later, in Lisbon, the old Club members meet again when the ambition of the Procuarador-Geral to become President of the Republic conflicts with the pedophile scandal shaking the nation. The author, born in Lisbon, 1955, has written two previous novels, Crimes solitários (about the relations between the police and journalism), and Ulianov e o Diabo (the story of an ex-KGB agent in Lisbon). Together with the present work, these form a trilogy called O Estado do Crime.
 

329. SALGUEIRO, Francisco. Os homens das cavernas também oferecem toblerones. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2006. Colecção Romance. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 235 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 989-555-219-X. $30.00

The author wrote three humorous novels. This, his fourth book, a somewhat more serious romantic novel, is the story of Diogo, a permanent party animal, who meets Rita in Miami. One year later, they meet again in Sintra, and fall in love, but a trip to Chernobyl affects their relationship forever. "Teremos apenas um grande amor na nossa vida? Alguém que nos marcará para sempre, aconteça o que acontecer? Alguém que consiga transformar radicalmente a nossa perspectiva da vida, do amor e de nés próprios? Ou Será que é apenas convesa da Oprah?"

 
330. SERRA, Joaquim Manuel Pinto. As palavras sensuais da nossa ausência, romance. Coimbra: Mar da Palavra, 2007. Colecção Cais da Ficção, 4. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 175, (1) pp. One of 600 copies. ISBN: 972-8910-24-2. $32.00

The author, a physician specializing in psychiatry, was born in Loulé. He has written two previous works of fiction, and five volumes of poetry, several of which have been awarded regional literary prizes.

 
331. SILVA, José António Pereira da. A roda da esquina, romance. Lisbon: Botica das Artes, 2007. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 741 pp. ISBN: 989-20-0531-7. $50.00

Novel set in Portugal in the 1970s. The author is a lawyer and former judge born in Coimbra, 1949. He is a Catholic who has been active in the Portuguese Socialist Party.
 

332. SOBRAL, Fernando. O navio do ópio. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2007. Colecção Romance. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 241 pp. ISBN: 989-555-259-9. $30.00

Américo Pereira arrives in Madeira in 1817 to start an opium plantation. This is part of a plan hatched by one of the most powerful men in Macau, Miguel de Arriaga. He arranges alliances with some who favor Brazilian independence, but earns the enmity of Madeira's British elite. The author has written for the Diário de Notícias, Semanário, O Independente, and the Diário Económico. He was editor-in-chief of Se7e. At the time this volume appeared he was working as a journalist for the Jornal de Negócios, and collaborating with Correio da Manhã and Sábado. He is the author of two previous books, and co-author of Barrings, a história do banco britânico que salvou Portugal.

 
333. TORDO, João. Hotel Memória. Matosinhos: Quidnovi, 2007. Colecção Quidnovi Literatura Portuguesa. Lge. 8°, publ. bds. with d.j. 219 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-8998-52-3. $35.00

Short novel or novella of romance and mystery in which Daniel da Silva, a young fadista, conquers Manhattan with his talent. The author was born in Lisbon, 1975. His short novel set in London during the blitz, O livro dos homens sem luz (2004), was well received critically, and had a Brazilian edition in 2006. In 2001 he won the literary prize Jovens Criadores from the Instituto Português da Juventude. He studied journalism in London, where he lived from 1999 to 2002. From 2002 to 2004 he lived in New York, participating in writers workshops at City College. In Portugal, he has worked for O Independente, the Jornal de letras, Egoísta, Sabado, Icon, and Notícias Magazine, as well as for the BBC World Service. At the time this volume appeared he was working as a freelance journalist for the reviews Sábado and Elle, as well as for the weekly newspaper Expresso. This appears to be his first book.
 

334. VENTURA, Maria Helena. Afonso o Conquistador. Parede: Saída de Emergência, 2007. Colecção Romance Histórico. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 350 pp., (1 l. advt.). ISBN: 972-8839-85-7. $40.00

The author, a native of Coimbra, has written seven volumes of poetry, six novels, and a work titled Timorenses num Portugal em mudança. Writing as Helena Ventura Pereira, she has published sociological studies.

 
335. VIEIRA, Alice, João Aguiar, José Fanha, et al. O Código d'Avintes. 6th ed. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2006. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 252 pp. ISBN: 989-555-215-7. $35.00

The other authors of this collaboratively written novel, which appears to be a parody of the Da Vinci Code, are José Jorge Letria, Luísa Beltrão, Mário Zambujal and Rosa Lobato de Faria. There is a brief introduction by José Fanha, titled "O prazer de escrever a catorze mãos". Everything begins with a sinister Conclave of the Teutonic Knights of the New Order, who seek to dominate the world by whatever means. Isaías Pires, teaching physician expelled from the Order for unorthodox practices, belongs to another organization opposed to the Conclave. According to a publisher's blurb on the front cover, "O mistério da infância de Jesus Cristo acaba por ser revelado nas margens do Douro". First published 2006; 25,000 copies are said to have been sold.
 

336. VIEIRA, José Luandino, pseud. [i.e. José Vieira Mateus da Graça]. Vidas novas, estórias. Lisbon: Caminho, 2007. Colecção Outras Margins, 60. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 126 pp., glossary. ISBN: 972-21-1849-1. $20.00

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.

 
337. ZAMBUJAL, Mário. Primeiro as senhoras: relato do último bom malandro. Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2006. Colecção Ficção. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 150 pp. ISBN: 989-555-195-9. $25.00

Humorous novella, with an initial printing of 10,000 copies. The author was born in Moura, Alentejo, 1936. While still a teenager he initiated his career in journalism working for the satirical weekly Os ridículos. He was editor-in-chief of O século and the Diário de notícias, working as well with the Diário de Lisboa, A bola, O jornal, Record, Sete, Mundo desportivo and Tal & qual. This is his fifth book. See Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, VI, 404-5.

 
338. ZINK, Rui, Clara Pinto Correia, Luísa Costa Gomes, et al. Ficções ciéntificas & fantásticas. Loures: Edições Chimpanzé Intelectual, 2006. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 151 pp. ISBN: 989-95269-0-8. $30.00

Other contributors to this anthology of science fiction and fantasy short stories are Miguel Vale de Almeida, Manuel João Vieira, João Barreiros, David Soares, Luís Filipe Silva and Miguel Neto.