RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS
BULLETIN 57
August
2007
PART XX:
Fiction
See also
items 334, 378, 385, 529, 530, 531, 535, 536, 537, 540,
541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551 &
557.
440.
ADEMAR, Carlos. Estranha
forma de Vida. Lisbon: Oficina
do Livro, 2007. Colecção Romance. 8°, orig. illus. wrps.
314 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.). ISBN: 989-555-287-0.
$35.00
On a cold night
in October the doorman of the discoteque Pomme Rouge is
assasinated by members of a gang violently disputing
leadership in the business of Lisbon nightlife. When
inspector Alves of the Polícia Judiciária begins to
investigate the case, little does he imagine that it
involves politicians trafficking in arms, as well as a
lawyer who frequents homosexual bars. The author was born
in Vinhais, 1960. He worked for the Polícia Judiciária as a
criminal investigator in the Homicide section, joining in
the investigations of some of the most sensational crimes
which took place in Greater Lisbon, such as those
associated with “skinheads” and “O Estripador”. His first
book, O caso da
Rua Direita (2005), a
detective novel, was followed by O caso da
Carbonária (2006).
441.
AGUIAR, João. Diálogo das
compensadas. 2nd ed. Porto:
Asa, 2006. Obras de João Aguiar. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 140
pp., (3 pp. advt., 1 p.). ISBN: 972-41-4812-2.
$25.00
First published
2001. The author has published fourteen novels and
novellas, two volumes of short fiction, as well as
literature for children. His work has been translated into
Spanish, Italian, German, and Bulgarian.
442.
ALVES, Francisco José Pereira. Planalto.
Porto:
Afrontamento, 2007. Colecção Fixões, 61. 8°, orig. illus.
wrps. 162 pp. ISBN: 972-36-0871-7. $30.00
The author,
said to have been born in Tras-os-montes, 1957, is a
physician and university professor. He has published
various articles and scientific publications. This is his
first “romance”.
443.
ARAÚJO, Catarina. A aliança
secreta: o portal dos sonhos. Queluz de
Baixo: Presença, 2007. Estrela do Mar, 102. 8°, orig.
illus. wrps. 214 pp., (1 l. advt.). ISBN: 972–23–3754–0.
$25.00
Fantasy
fiction.
444.
ARAÚJO, Jorge, and Pedro Sousa Pereira. Cinco balas
contra a América. Lisbon: Oficina
do Livro, 2007. Colecção Ficção. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 125
pp., (1 l.)., 5 color plates, illus. in text. ISBN:
989-555-272-6. $30.00
Text by Araújo,
illustrations by Sousa Pereira. The subtitle on the front
cover, which does not appear on the title page,
reads: As
revoluções também são feitas de histórias de amizade,
romance. The authors’
prize-winning Nem tudo
começa com um beijo (2005), a
novella about “a history of love between two irreconcilable
worlds”, had two editions the same year. They also produced
jointly a prize-winning novel, Paralelo
75,
ou o
segredo de um coração traído (2006), set in
Portugal and Lusophone Africa, 1975. 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, and directed 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.
445.
BAPTISTA, Pedro. Pessoas,
animais e outros que tais, narrações do Dr. Domingos
Pintado. Porto: Campo
das Letras, 2006. Colecção Instantes de Leitura, 78. 8°,
orig. illus. wrps. 163 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 989-625-085-5.
$30.00
The author of
this novella was born in Porto, 1948. In 1987 he published
a volume of essays, Ao encontro
do Halley. His first
work of fiction, Spora,
was published in 1993; it was a finalist in the competition
for the Grande Prémio do Romance e Novela of the Associação
Portuguesa de Escritores; another work of fiction,
O cavaleiro
azul, appeared in
2001, to favorable criticism.
446.
BAPTISTA-BASTOS [Armando]. As
bicicletas em Setembro. Porto: Asa,
2007. Colecção Biblioteca Baptista-Bastos. 8°, orig. illus.
wrps. 122 pp., (11 ll.), illus. ISBN: 972-41-5080-2. $35.00
Baptista-Bastos
has published ten volumes of fiction, the first nine of
which have had multiple editions. His A colina de
cristal (1987; 4 eds.),
was awarded the Prémio Pen Club as well as the Prémio
Cidade de Lisboa. He has also published at least four
volumes of essays, and seven of journalism (interviews
which appeared in the press, etc.).
447.
BAPTISTA-BASTOS [Armando]. A colina de
cristal. 4th ed. Porto:
Asa, 2000. Colecção Biblioteca Baptista-Bastos. 8°, publ.
bds. with d.j. 191, (1) pp. ISBN: 972-41-2371-5. $25.00
This novella,
or brief novel, was first published in 1987. It was awarded
the Prémio Pen Club as well as the Prémio Cidade de Lisboa.
Urbano Tavares Rodrigues considered it “um novo padrão na
literatura portuguesa.”
448.
BAPTISTA-BASTOS [Armando]. O cavalo a
tinta-da-China. 4th ed. Porto:
Asa, 2001. Colecção Biblioteca Baptista-Bastos. 8°, publ.
bds. with d.j. 269, (1) pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-41-2701-X.
$35.00
First published
1995, this novel paints a bitter picture of Salazarism and
Portugal.
449.
BAPTISTA-BASTOS [Armando]. Elegia para
um caixão vazio. 4th ed. Porto:
Asa, 2001. Colecção Biblioteca Baptista-Bastos. 8°, publ.
bds. with d.j. 151, (1) pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.). ISBN:
972-41-2664-1. $25.00
This novella
was first published in 1984. It has been acclaimed by
critics such as Eduardo Lourenço, Eduardo Prado Coelho, and
Maria Lúcia Lepecki.
450.
BAPTISTA-BASTOS [Armando]. O passo da
serpente. 3rd ed. Porto:
Asa, 2001. Colecção Biblioteca Baptista-Bastos. 8°, publ.
bds. with d.j. 88 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 972-41-2505-X. $20.00
First published
1965; the present edition contains an introduction (pp.
5-13), presumably by the author, titled “Parágrafos de uma
fé pessoal”, dated January 2001. In a survey of
intellectuals made by the Jornal de
notícias in 1965, this
book was voted the most significant novella published that
year.
451.
BARREIROS, José António. Contos do
desaforo. Preface by
Gonçalo M. Tavares. Queluz de Baixo: Presença, 2007.
Grandes Narrativas, 356. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 112 pp., (2
ll. advt.). ISBN: 972-23-3764-9. $25.00
Born in Angola,
1949, the author of these short stories has written both
historical works and a novel dealing with espionage during
World War II; in total he has five books on this theme to
his credit. He is a criminal attorney, and has also written
a number of legal texts.
452.
BOTELHO, Abel [Acácio de Almeida, 1855-1917].
Sem
remédio…etologia dum fraco. Porto: Lello,
2005. Colecção Obras de Referência. 8°, orig. illus. wrps.
port., 186 pp., (1 blank l., 2 ll.). ISBN: 972-48-1845-4.
$35.00
Originally
published 1900. On the novelist, playwright, poet, essayist
academician and diplomat Abel Botelho, see Etelvina Santos
in Machado, ed., Dicionário
de literatura portuguesa, pp. 67-9;
also Maria Saraiva de Jesus in Biblos,
I, 721-4.
453.
CABRAL, Filomena. A noite
transfigurada. Porto:
Afrontamento, 2006. Colecção Fixões, 60. 8°, orig. illus.
wrps. 110 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 972-36-0854-0.
$25.00
Born in Porto
in 1944, Filomena Cabral has published at least 4 volumes
of poetry, 1 of theater, and 19 of fiction (including
several works dealing with the Portuguese emigrant
experience). A resident of Angola in the 1960s and 1970s,
she has been published and awarded prizes in Brazil, and
was co-founder of the journal Serpente
(1983). See
Álvaro Manuel Machado, Dicionário
de literatura portuguesa, pp. 89-90.
454.
CAMACHO, Francisco. Niassa.
2nd
ed. Lisbon: Babilónia, 2007. Prosas Bárbaras. 8°, orig.
illus. wrps. 251, (1) pp., (2 ll.), map in text. ISBN:
972-41-4987-5. $35.00
Bored with life
in Lisbon, a thirty-year-old man makes up his mind to
travel to Niassa, in Moçambique, in search of a brother who
had disappeared under mysterious circumstances, and who he
hardly knew. The first edition appears to have been
published earlier in 2007. Francisco Camacho was born in
Funchal, Madeira, 1969. He was editor and publisher of the
weekly newspaper O
Independente, editor and
assistant director of Grande
reportagem, director
of Volta ao
mundo, and director
of NS,
the
Saturday review section of the Diário de
notícias. He received
the Prémio Revelação from the Clube Português de Imprensa
(1992), and the Prémio Fernando Pessoa for Journalism
(1998). This is his first novel, and it appears to be his
first book of fiction.
455.
CARRILHO, Maria da Conceição. Quando
Marinelo Salero Cortez decidiu imitar Dom Juan,
romance. Porto: Campo
das Letras, 2007. Colecção Instantes de Leitura, 86. 8°,
orig. illus. wrps. 149 pp. ISBN: 989-625-145-1. $30.00
“Será que Dom
Juan é um mito masculino ou no mundo de hoje ele pode
ressurgir no feminino?” This is the theme of the present
novella about a young woman whose life changes radically
after having read Molière. The author was born in Coimbra,
1958. She published the novella Da
impossibilidade de viver sem ter lido o D.
Quixote (2004).
456.
CARVALHO, Bernardo. O sol se
põe em São Paulo. Lisbon: Cotovia
, 2007. Colecção Sabiá. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 166 pp., (1
l. colophon). One of 1,000 copies. ISBN: 972-795-203-8.
$30.00
First published
in Brazil earlier in 2007 by Companhia das Letras, São
Paulo. The author of this novella, Bernardo Carvalho (b.
Rio de Janeiro, 1960), is the author of at least eleven
books; his work has been published in Portugal, Brazil,
France, Italy, and Sweden. Mongolia
(2003), a novel
based on travel to Mongolia in 2002, was awarded the Prémio
Jabuti as well as the Prémio APCA. Another novel,
Nove
noites, (2002) won
the prémios PT and Machado de Assis, awarded by the
Biblioteca Nacional, Rio de Janeiro.
457.
CARVALHO, Sérgio Luís de. Os
peregrinos sem fé. Porto: Campo
das Letras, 2007. Campo da Literatura, 146. Lge. 8°, orig.
illus. wrps. 425 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 989-625-158-1. $50.00
Two men leave
on pilgrimages from Lisbon to Santiago de Compostela. One
is a physician and humanist at Coimbra University,
traveling in 1537 out of fear of the Inquisition. The other
is a present day singer, traveling in search of a lost
love. In the background of the first pilgrim is the
persecution of André de Gouveia, Diogo de Teive, João da
Costa, George Buchanan and Damião de Góis. In the
background of the second pilgrim is Henry Purcell’s
Dido and
Aeneas. Santiago de
Compostela is far away, perhaps they will never arrive
there. Most important is the journey. The author of this
novel (his sixth), born in Lisbon in 1959, is a
professional historian who has written various volumes of
historical scholarship as well as textbooks. His
Anno Domini
1348 (1990), set in
the fourteenth century, was his first historical novel. It
was awarded the Prémio Literário Ferreira de Castro, 1991.
He has since written at least two other historical
novels, As horas de
Monsaraz (1997), set in
the sixteenth century, and El-Rei
pastor (2000), set in
the thirteenth century. For these see our Recent
Portuguese Publications Bulletin 26, items 416
and 417, and our Recent
Portuguese Publications Bulletin 29, at our
website, or the searchable in-print database at the same
website.
458.
CASANOVA, José. O tempo das
giestas. Lisbon:
Caminho, 2007. Colecção O Campo da Palavra. 8°, orig.
illus. wrps. 353 pp. ISBN: 972-21-1869-9.
$35.00
Fictional
account of experiences at the prison camp of Tarrafal, Cabo
Verde during the Salazar regime. The author has written at
least two previous novels, O caminho
das aves (2002),
and Aquela
noite de Natal (2005), both
published in the same collection.
459.
CÓRREGO, Manuel. Cem anos
sem uma valsa, romance queirosiano.
Porto:
Campo das Letras, 2006. Campo da Literatura, 140. 8°, orig.
illus. wrps. 237 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-610-988-4. $35.00
The author,
born in the Vila de Cacujães, has published at least nine
volumes of plays, one of which, Um
gira-discos na floresta, won the
Prémio Inatel, 1991, and the Prémio Comp. Eça de Queirós,
1992. Another, O
testamento do Rei D. João Segundo was awarded the
Grande Prémio de Teatro Inatel in 1998. Manuel Córrego was
awarded this same prize a third time in 2006 for
A Rainha e
o Cardeal. His first
work of fiction, the novel, Campo de
feno com papoilas, was awarded
the Prémio Ler/Fundação do Círculo de Leitores, 1998. A
volume of short stories appeared in 2001. In 2003 the
author was working with the Núcleo Amador de Teatro de S.
João da Madeira, where he was living, and editing the
weekly newspaper O
regional.
460.
COUTO, Alda. Nada para
contar. Lisbon:
Prefácio, 2006. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 195 pp. ISBN:
989-8022-07-8. $30.00
The author was
born in Lisbon, 1958. She has published a volume of poetry.
This novela is her first volume of prose.
461.
CUNHA, Mário de Sousa. Marco
Aurélio, Diis Manibus. 2nd ed. Lisbon:
Ésquilo, 2004. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 373, (6) pp.,
cronological, genealogical and other tables. ISBN:
972-8605-29-3. $40.00
First published
2003.
462.
DIREITINHO, José Riço. A casa do
fim. 2nd ed. Porto:
Asa, 2007. Obras de José Riço Direitinho. 8°, orig. illus.
wrps. 93 pp., (1 p. advt., 1 p.). ISBN:
972-41-1014-1. $20.00
These short
stories, the first book by this author, born in Lisbon,
1965, were first published in 1992. Between 1985 and 1991
he contributed more than 100 texts to the “DN Jovem”
supplement of the Diário de
notícias. In 1988 he
was awarded the “Literatura na Universidade” prize by the
Associação de Estudantes da Faculdade de Ciências do Porto.
He was awarded the Prémio Ramón Gomez de la Serna
for Breviário
das más inclinações (1994; 2nd ed.,
1997), set in the imaginary Vilarinho dos Loivos, and won
the Prémio Villa de Madrid for O relógio
do Cárcere. Direitinho
returned to Vilarinho dos Loivos in the novella
Um sorriso
inesperado. His work has
appeared in translation in Germany, The Netherlands, Italy,
Spain, France, Great Britain, and Israel.
463.
FARIA, Filipe. Crónicas de
Allaryia: a manopla de Karasthan. Queluz de
Baixo: Presença, 2002. Via Láctea, 1. Lge. 8°, orig. illus.
wrps. 534 pp. ISBN: 972–23–2863–8. $38.00
Awarded the
Prémio Branquinho da Fonseca Expresso
/
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. Appears to have been
influenced by J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of
the Rings.
464.
FARIA, Filipe. Crónicas de
Allaryia, Segundo Volume: Os filhos do Flagelo.
Queluz de
Baixo: Presença, 2002. Via Láctea, 3. Lge. 8°, orig. illus.
wrps. 454 pp. ISBN: 972–23–2964–2. $35.00
The first
volume was awarded the Prémio Branquinho da Fonseca
Expresso
/
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, while the second received the
Matilde Rosa Araújo—Revelação na Literatua Infantil e
Juvenil (2002).
465.
FARIA, Filipe. Crónicas de
Allaryia, Terceiro Volume: Marés negras.
Queluz de
Baixo: Presença, 2003. Via Láctea, 14. Lge. 8°, orig.
illus. wrps. 558 pp. ISBN: 972–23–3122–1. $38.00
466.
FARIA, Filipe. Crónicas de
Allaryia, Quarto Volume: A essência da lâmina.
Queluz de
Baixo: Presença, 2005. Via Láctea, 30. Lge. 8°, orig.
illus. wrps. 478 pp., (1 l. adv.). ISBN: 972–23–3363–1.
$45.00
467.
FARIA, Filipe. Crónicas de
Allaryia, Quinto Volume: Vagas de fogo.
Queluz de
Baixo: Presença, 2007. Via Láctea, 51. Lge. 8°, orig.
illus. wrps. 582 pp., (1 l. adv.). ISBN: 972–23–3736–6.
$50.00
468.
FLORES, Francisco Moita. A fúria das
vinhas. 3rd ed. Lisbon:
Casa das Letras, 2007. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 318 pp., (2
ll. advt.). ISBN: 972-46-1699-5. $35.00
First published
March 2007. This third edition appeared the same month. The
author of this novel, born in Moita in 1953, formerly
worked for the Polícia Judiciaria, specializing in homicide
cases. He has devoted himself to investigating the
sociology of violence; as of several years ago he was said
to be writing a doctoral dissertation on the subject.
Francisco Moita Flores has represented the P.J. on the TV
show “Casos de Polícia” and has hosted the show
“Marginalidades”. With Luís Filipe Costa, he was co–author,
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. His novellas
O carteirista que fugiu a tempo (2001)
and Não há
lugar para divorciadas (2003) have had
six editions each. Filhos do
vento (1997), a rural
novel, has had four editions.
469.
FONSECA, Faustino da (1871-1918). Inês de
Castro. Porto:
Fronteira do Caos, 2007. Colecção Tesouros Perdidos da
Literatura Portuguesa, 1. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 1018
pp., (1 l.), footnotes. ISBN: 989-8070-05-0. $75.00
The author of
this historical novel, originally published in an undated
edition [1901-1902] was born in Angra do Heroísmo, 1871. He
had to abandon plans for a military career due to
republican sympathies, and instead became a journalist,
directing A
Vanguarda, and
collaborating in Correio da
Manha, O
Século,
31 de
Janeiro,
Mundo,
País,
Luta,
and Voz do
Operário. Chosen as a
deputy to the Constitutional Assembly of 1911, from that
year until his death he was Director of the Biblioteca
Nacional. See Dicionário
cronológico de autores portugueses, III, 107.
The story of Inês de Castro has inspired more than one
author since it unfolded with grim reality in the
fourteenth century. 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. As history has shown, Pedro gave his hand to
the Princess and his heart to her lady; once Pedro and Inez
openly acknowledged their passion for one another they
became two of the world’s great lovers. The death of the
Infanta was followed by the morganatic marriage of Pedro
and Inez, which initiated a series of personal and
political intrigues at the court of the Prince’s father,
Dom Afonso IV. The Portuguese favorites, fearing Spain’s
ascendancy through the influence of Inez or their own
dismissal in favor of Inez’ Spanish friends, sought to
influence the King against her, even accusing her of
attempting to procure the succession of her eldest son to
the throne of Portugal, instead of that of the legitimate
heir, Pedro’s son by the Infanta Constança. The intrigues
culminated in Inez’ dramatic assassination, for which the
King was partly responsible, and in the the grief-stricken
Pedro’s passionate avowal that he would make amends at the
earliest opportunity. There followed one of the most
curious events in history: immediately after his accession,
Pedro not only severely punished all who had taken part in
the persecution of Inez, but insisted upon the Church’s
recognition of his marriage with her. She was his Queen; as
such she was to be accorded dignified burial with royal
pomp. Accordingly, her remains were exhumed and conveyed to
the royal vault at Alcobaça. The route, which covered
several miles, was lined with troops who presented arms as
the cortège wended its way among the ranks; upon arrival at
the burial-place the most remarkable and gruesome
coronation ceremony took place with due solemnity: with his
own hands Pedro placed upon Inez de Castro’s head the
queenly crown she was denied in her lifetime.
470.
GAIVÃO, Luís Mascarenhas Estórias de
Angola. Lisbon:
Prefácio, 2006. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 137 pp. ISBN:
972-8816-97-9. $32.00
The author, a
noted humorist and teacher, was born in Luanda in 1948. He
has written at least 4 previous volumes of political and
social humor.
471.
GANHÃO, Carlos [Augusto Rodrigues]. Dembos: a
floresta do medo, Angola, 1969 a 1971.
Lisbon:
Terramar, 2007. Colecção Tudo Ficção. Lge. 8°, orig. illus.
wrps. 321 pp., (1 l. advt.). ISBN: 972-710-406-2. $40.00
The author was
born in Lisbon, 1948. He lived in Angola from age 2 to 27.
He entered the Escola Militar of Nova Lisboa in 1969, and
served in an infantry regiment in the same city. The
present novel (his first book?), is based on military
experiences in Angola from 1969 to 1971.
472.
GUSMÃO, Ana Nobre de. Onda de
choque. Porto: Asa,
1999. Finisterra: Autores Contemporâneos de Língua
Portuguesa. 8°, publ. bds. with d.j. 201, (1) pp., (1 blank
l., 1 l.), port. ISBN: 972-41-2108-9. $35.00
Short novel or
novella about a Portuguese woman’s romance with an
eccentric Englishman named Beckford, by “uma das vozes mais
inovadoras da nova ficção portuguesa,” born in Lisbon in
1952. The author’s Delito sem
corpo (1996), billed
as a new type of detective novel, was awarded the Prémio
Máxima de Revelação, 1997. She has at least seven volumes
of longer fiction to her credit.
473.
LETRIA, José Jorge. Amados
cães: pequenas histórias de cães com história.
Lisbon: Oficina
do Livro, 2007. Colecção Ficção. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 237
pp. ISBN: 989-555-273-3. $30.00
Short stories
about dogs which belonged to Freud, Picasso, Hemingway,
Alexandre O’Neill, Tutankhamon, Newton, Valentino, Buster
Keaton, Jean Harlow, Pavlov, Hitler, Elvis, Errol Flynn,
Billie Holiday, Richard Nixon, and others. José Jorge
Letria’s A dúvida
melódica was awarded the
Prémio de Poesia Cidade da Amadora, 1993. Born in Cascais
in 1951, he has published at least 33 volumes of poetry, a
number of which have also been awarded literary prizes,
including the Prémio Eça de Queiroz–Município de Lisboa
(twice), the Prémio Gulbenkian, and others. See
Machado, Dicionário
de literatura portuguesa, p. 266. His
historical novella, Morro bem,
salvem a pátria (2005), was set
around the assassination of Sidónio Pais at the Rossio
Station in Lisbon, December 1918. From January 1994 until
January 2002 Letria was Vereador da Cultura for the Câmara
Municipal de Cascais.
474.
LEVY, Tatiana Salem. A chave de
casa. Lisbon: Cotovia
, 2007. Colecção Sabiá. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 213 pp., (1
l.). One of 750 copies. ISBN: 972-795-198-7.
$35.00
The author of
this short novel or novella was born in Lisbon, 1979, and
moved to Rio de Janeiro, where she was living at the time
this volume appeared, at nine months of age. She is a
translator, with a doctorate in letters. Her short stories
have appeared in the review Ficcões,
and in anthologies. This appears to be her first book.
475.
LOURO, João [Francisco Marinho], and Áurea Maia.
E se
jantássemos hoje? Porto: Campo
das Letras, 2006. Colecção Instantes de Leitura, 76. 8°,
orig. illus. wrps. 77 pp. ISBN: 989-625-062-6. $22.00
Fictitious
monologues of António and Maria, shipwrecked in the
nightlife of Lisbon. João Louro was born in Lisbon in 1960.
A professor at the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa at the
time this book appeared (a position held since 1990), he
has written a guide to creative writing,
Jogging para escribas (1998), as well
as essays in literary history and criticism, and a novella.
Aurea Maia, born in 1976, holds and undergraduate degree in
social and cultural communication from the Universidade
Católica Portuguesa, and has done graduate work at the
Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa. At the time this book
appeared she was working at the Centro Cultural Casapiano.
476.
MARMELO, Manuel Jorge. O homem que
julgou morrer de amor. 2nd ed. Porto:
Campo das Letras, 2007. Campo da Literatura, 136. Lge. 8°,
orig. illus. wrps. 103 pp. ISBN: 972–8146-58-2. $25.00
First published
1996. This second edition contains a new preface by the
author (pp. 7-8). Manuel Jorge Marmelo, a native of Porto
(b. 1971), has worked as a journalist since 1989, when he
began to write for Público.
He has published at least fifteen books, including fiction
and essays.
477.
MARTINS, Armando. Em Sagres,
romance. Póvoa de Santo
Adrião: Europress, 2006. Colecção Subterraneos /
Espontâneos. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 423 pp. ISBN:
972-559-269-7. $45.00
Appears to be
the author’s first novel, as well as his first book. Born
in 1958, he taught economics on the University level in
Portugal, and at the time this volume appeared was teaching
it on the secondary level, in Germany, where he was living.
478.
MESQUITA, José Alberto. Sombras
africanas. Lisbon:
Prefácio, 2006. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 318 pp. ISBN:
989-8022-11-6. $38.00
The author, a
native of São Miguel de Lobrigos, Vila Real, was brought up
in Lisbon, spent some time in secondary school in Luanda,
and finished his secondary education in Lourenço Marques.
He fought in the colonial wars in Moçambique from 1968 to
1972. The present novel appears to be based on those
experiences. The author has published a work of non-fiction
on the subject, Inferno
verde (2005).
479.
MIRANDA, Joana. A mulher de
mármore. Queluz de
Baixo: Presença, 2007. Grandes Narrativas, 354. 8°, orig.
illus. wrps. 219 pp., (2 ll. advt.). ISBN:
972-23-3746-5. $28.00
This novel is
the author’s sixth volume of fiction. A psychologist with a
master’s degree in intercultural relations, she has
published a number of scientific and technical works.
480.
MONTEIRO, Joaquim Gomes (1893-1950). Feras no
Povoado (memórias dum guerrilheiro cabralista).
Preface by
Paulo Sá Machado. Stuart Carvalhais, illus. Porto:
Caixotim, 2007. Colecção Caixotim Clássico. 8°, publ.
illus. bds. frontisport., 380 pp., (2 ll.), illus. ISBN:
972-8100-03-0. $35.00
This historical
novel was originally published in 1947. The preface,
written for the present edition, occupies pp. [7]-26. There
is also a bibliography on pp. 27-30. On the journalist,
author, translator and historian Joaquim Gomes Monteiro, a
native of the vila of Boticas, Trás-os-Montes, see
Grande
enciclopedia XII, 540.
481.
MOTA, Arsénio. Quase tudo
nada, narrativa. Porto: Campo
das Letras, 2006. Colecção Instantes de Leitura, 77. 8°,
orig. illus. wrps. 126 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 989-625-070-7.
$25.00
Awarded the
Prémio Literário Carlos de Oliveira, 2005. The author of
this novella, born in Bustos, Oliveira do Bairro, 1930, has
written or edited over 25 books, including poetry, short
stories, essays, stories for children, art history, and an
anthology.
482.
MOURÃO-FERREIRA, David. Um amor
feliz. 16th ed.
Lisbon: Presença, 2007. Grandes Narrativas, 13. 8°, orig.
illus. wrps. 304 pp. ISBN: 972-23-1377-3.
$35.00
This novel,
first published in 1986, was awarded the Prémio de
Narrativa do Pen Clube Português, the Prémio D. Dinis da
Fundação da Casa de Mateus, the Prémio de Ficção Município
de Lisboa, and the Grande Prémio de Romance da Associação
Portuguesa de Escritores. David Mourão-Ferreira
(1927-1996), published his first book of poems,
A secreta
virgem, in 1950, and
quickly became well known as a poet. He is also noted for
his literary criticism and later in his literary career
emerged as an important novelist; his works are frequently
cited in Saraiva & Lopes (16th ed.), pp. 257, 508, 678,
734, 975, 999, 1029, 1037, 1055, 1065, 1067. 1091, 1105,
1108-9, 1132, 1162, and 1180. See also Daniel-Henri Pageaux
in Machado, ed. Dicionario
de literatura portuguesa, pp. 329-30;
also Dicionário
cronológico de autores portugueses, V, 530-5; and
Teresa Martins Marques in Biblos,
III, 982-7.
483.
NEVES, Abel. Centauros.
Porto: Asa,
2000. Finisterra: Autores Contemporâneos de Língua
Portuguesa. 8°, publ. bds. with d.j. 122 pp., (2 ll.).
ISBN: 972-41-2298-0. $22.00
Born in
Montalegre in 1956, the author of this novella has
published a number of volumes of plays, four or five works
of longer fiction, as well as a volume of poetry.
484.
NUNES, Rui. Ouve-se
sempre a distância numa voz. Lisbon: Relógio
d’Agua, 2006. Ficção Portuguesa, 81. 8°, orig. illus. wrps.
144 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l., 2 ll. advt.). ISBN:
972–708–918–6. $28.00
The author’s
novella 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.
Rui Nunes has published at least 15 books, several of which
have had more than one edition. See Machado,
Dicionário
de literatura portuguesa, p. 344.
485.
NUNES, Rui. Rostos.
Lisbon: Relógio
d’Agua, 2001. Ficção Portuguesa, 59. 8°, orig. illus. wrps.
112 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l., 1 l. adv.). SBN:
972-708-617-9. $15.00
This novella
was awarded the Prémio da Crítica for 2001 by the Centro
Português da Associação Internacional de Críticos
Literários.
486.
PÉCORA, Alcir, ed. Lembranças
do presente. O conto contemporâneo.
Lisbon:
Cotovia, 2006. Curso Breve de Literatura Brasileira, 15.
8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 385 (1) pp., brief bibliography. One
of 1,000 copies. ISBN: 972-795-186-6. $50.00
Fifteenth
number in an interesting new collection, Curso Breve de
Literatura Brasileira, under the editorship of Abel
Baptista Barros, presently projected to sixteen volumes.
Texts by José J. Veiga, Osman Lins, Dalton Trevisan, Rubem
Fonseca, Samuel Rawet, Hilda Hilst, João António, Sérgio
Sant’Anna, and Evandro Affonso Ferreira. The editor
provides an introductory “Apresentação” (pp. 11-34).
487.
PEDRO C. [i.e Leonel Pedro Cabrita]. O último
inferno: Guerra Colonial, 1971-1973.
Preface by
Armando Lacerda. Lisbon: Prefácio, 2006. Colecção Historia
Militar; Séries Memórias de Guerra. 8°, orig. illus. wrps.
173 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 989-8022-09-4. $30.00
This novela,
set in Angola and based on the author’s experiences as an
army officer there, is yet another work of fiction based on
the African colonial wars, apparently one of the greatest
creative writing training courses ever. He has written
three previous books.
488.
PEREIRA, Ana Teresa. A
neve. Lisbon: Relógio
d’Agua, 2006. Ficção Portuguesa, 80. 8°, orig. illus. wrps.
108 pp., (3 ll., 3 ll. advt.). ISBN: 972–708–907–0. $25.00
The author of
this novella has published well over 20 books since 1989.
Her first, Matar a
imagem, was awarded
the Prémio Caminho de Literatura Policial, 1989.
489.
PEREIRA, Ana Teresa. Quando
atraessares o rio. Lisbon: Relógio
d’Agua, 2007. Ficção Portuguesa, 82. 8°, orig. illus. wrps.
109 pp., (2 ll., 2 ll. advt.). ISBN: 972–708–940–6. $28.00
490.
POMBO, Fátima. O bairro
dos poetas. Lisbon:
Teorema, 2007. Colecção Outras Estórias. Lge. 8°, orig.
illus. wrps. 284 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-695-702-7. $36.00
The author’s
third work of fiction, and final novel in a trilogy, of
which the first, O
desenhador (2003) was
awarded the Prémio FNAC / Teorema, 2002. The second novel
in the trilogy, As
cordas, appeared in
2005. The author has a Ph.D. in philosophy from the
University of Aveiro (awarded in 1995, according to
publicity in previous books; in the present volume it is
stated that her thesis, in phenomenology, was “prepared” at
the University of Heidelberg). At the time this book
appeared Fátima Pombo was working as an Associate Professor
in the Department of Art and Communications at the
University of Aveiro. She also has written three books on
music history.
491.
REZENDE, Maria Valéria. O voo da
guará vermelha. Lisbon: Oficina
do Livro, 2007. Colecção Romance. 8°, orig. illus. wrps.
218 pp. ISBN: 989-555-245-0. $30.00
The author was
born in Santos, São Paulo. She has written two collections
of short stories, as well as a history of the Church in
colonial Brazil. In 1965 she entered the Congragação de
Nossa Senhora, Cónegas de Santo Agostinho, and has
dedicated herself to popular education; since 1972 she has
lived in rural areas of the Northeast of Brazil, first in
Pernambuco, then in Paraíba, and, when this volume
appeared, she was living in João Pessoa. The present work
is her first book of longer fiction.
492.
RODRIGUES, Miguel Urbano, and Ana Catarina Almeida.
Etna no
vendaval da perestroika, romance. Porto: Campo
das Letras, 2007. Campo da Literatura, 145. 8°, orig.
illus. wrps. 292 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 989-625-140-6.
$35.00
The principle
character in this novel, Etna, a history student, is at
first enthusiastic about the new policy, but eventually is
repulsed by it, wishing to return to the ideals of the
revolution of 1917. Set in Kiev, Leningrad, China and the
ruins of ancient Persia, Etna is transformed into an adult
woman for whom love and revolution are inseparable.
Miguel Urbano Rodrigues, born in 1925, worked in editorial
capacities for O Estado de
S. Paulo (1957-1974),
Visão
(1970-1974),
and was editor-in-chief of Avante!
from 1974 to 1975. President of the Municipal Assembly of
Moura from 1977 to 1978, he was a deputy to the Nacional
Parliament for the Partido Comunista Português from 1990 to
1995. He also served as a member of the party’s political
commission. He has written at least fourteen previous
books, including fiction, historical subjects, and
politics.
Ana Catarina Almeida was born in Porto in 1967. She lived
in the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991, and holds a degree
from the State University of Kiev. This is her first book.
493.
RUI, Manuel. Quem me
dera ser onda. Lisbon:
Caminho, 2007. Outras Margens: Autores Estrangeiros de
Língua Portuguesa, 64. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 64 pp. ISBN:
972-21-1876-7. $18.00
The author of
this novel was born in Huambo, Angola (1941). This is his
best known work, with a total of 100,000 copies sold
worldwide; First published 1982 (?), it has had at least
ten previous editions, was awarded the Prémio Caminho das
Estrelas, adapted for theater and television, and even
published in a bilingual Portuguese-Umbundu edition. Rui
Manuel studied law in Portugal, and practiced the legal
profession there. Following the independence of Angola, he
entered into the cultural life of his country. Professor of
literature, journalist, participant in radio and cinema,
his prose and poetry have been translated into Spanish,
French, English, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Czech,
Swedish, Finnish, Arabic, and Hebrew. His works
include Regresso
adiado,
Crónica de
um Mujinbo,
1 Morto
& os vivos,
Rioseco,
Da palma da
mão,
Saxafone e
metáfora, and
Um anel na
areia (estória de amor).
494.
SANTOS, Arnaldo. O vento que
desorienta o caçador, romance. Lisbon:
Caminho, 2006. Outras Margens: Autores Estrangeiros de
Língua Portuguesa, 59. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 334 pp. ISBN:
972-21-1829-3. $35.00
The author was
born in Ingombota, one of the old “bairros” of Luanda, in
1935. He has published at least three volumes of poetry,
five of short stories, a novella, and one previous novel. A
volume of essays, Tempo de
Manhungo, was awarded
the Prémio Mota Veiga in 1968. Arnaldo Santos is
represented in various anthologies published in Germany,
Algeria, Brazil, England, Italy, Portugal, Kenya, Russia
and Sweden.
495.
SANTOS, Hugo. O segundo
ofício das nostalgias, contos. Porto: Campo
das Letras, 2005. Colecção Instantes de Leitura, 73. 8°,
orig. illus. wrps. 96 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 972-610-987-6.
$22.00
Awarded the
Prémio Nacional de Conto Manuel da Fonseca. [José] Hugo
[Sarmento dos] Santos, poet, short shory writer, novelist,
and teacher, has received at least 11 literary prizes. Born
in Campo Maior, Alentejo, 1939, he has published at least
30 books. In 1971 he was prohibited from teaching for
political reasons. See Dicionário
cronológico de autores portugueses, VI, 585.
496.
SANTOS, João Ramalho. Portland,
Portugal: um voo doméstico. Preface by
Gabriel Moreno de San Juan, pseud. [?]. Porto:
Afrontamento, 2007. Colecção Fixões, 62. 8°, orig. illus.
wrps. 280 pp., (3 ll.). ISBN: 972-36-0874-8. $35.00
The author is a
biologist specializing in fertility and the biology of
reproduction. At the time this novel appeared (apparently
his first separately published literary work), he was a
professor in the department of Zoology at the Faculdade de
Ciências e Tecnologia of the Universidade de Coimbra. He is
also a visiting professor at the Pittsburgh Development
Center, Magee-Womans Research Institute, University of
Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He has participated in
several “banda desenhada” projects, and writes regularly
for the Jornal de
letras, artes e ideias.
497.
SERRA, Hermínio Subtil. Paixões
perigosas. Lisbon:
Colibri, 2007. Colecção Tribuna Livre. Lge. 8°, orig.
illus. wrps. 202 pp., (1 l. colophon). ISBN:
972-772-701-8. $30.00
The author was
born in Lourenço Marques, Moçambique. He has lived in South
Africa, Brazil, France, and at the time this volume
appeared was residing in Portimão. He received a degree in
Political Science from the University of South Africa. In
1961 he began to paint, and has his work has been shown in
various exhibitions. This volume containing three
“thrillers” is his first published literary work.
498.
SILVA, Rui Neves da. Milicianos:
os peões das nicas, romance. Lisbon:
Prefácio, 2007. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 731 pp. ISBN:
989-9521-30-8. $65.00
Novel based on
the author’s experiences in the Portuguese armed forces
during the period 1970-1974
499.
TAVARES, Gonçalo M. O Senhor
Walser. Rachel Caiano,
illus. Lisbon: Caminho, 2006. Cadernos de Gonçalo M.
Tavares, 21. 8°, publ. illus. bds. 38 pp., (4 ll.), illus.
ISBN: 972–21–1826–9. $22.00
Born in 1970,
the author published his first work, Livro da
dança, in 2001. His
novel Jerusalem
(Círculo de
Leitores, 2004; Caminho, 2005) was awarded the Prémio Ler
by the Millenium B.C.P. and the Prémio José Saramago for
2005. His Senhor
Valéry (2002) was
awarded the Prémio Branquinho da Fonseca by the weekly
newspaper Expresso
and
the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. Investigações,
Novalis, poesia (2002)
was awarded the Prémio Revelação de Poesia APE / IPLG,
1999. A volume of poems, O homem ou
é tonto ou é mulher (2002), was
adapted for the stage at the Teatro Aberto during the
“encontro do Novíssimo Teatro de Expressão Portuguesa e
Alemã” by the Artistas Unidos n’ A Capital. His poetry has
appeared in anthologies in Portugal, the Netherlands, and
Belgium, as well as in English and American reviews, while
his prose has been translated into Italian, Hungarian,
Spanish and French. He has also been published in Brazil.
500.
VASCONCELOS, Helena. Não há
horas para nada. Lisbon: Relógio
d’Agua, 1988. Ficção Portuguesa, 12. 8°, orig. illus. wrps.
108 pp. ISBN: none. $25.00
This volume of
short fiction was awarded the Prémio Inasset de Revelação
in fiction by a jury composed of Eduardo Prado Coelho,
Eduardo Lourenço, and Vasco Graça Moura. Helena
Vasconcelos, a native of Lisbon, spent part of her
childhood in Goa, from which she returned in 1967 in order
to study at the Faculdade de Letras of the Universidade de
Lisboa. She has collaborated in various reviews devoted to
fashion and the arts. This appears to be her first book. In
2005 she published a work about Mário Eloy in the series
Caminhos da Arte Portuguesa no Século XX.
501.
VASQUES, Tomás. O general
de todas as estrelas foi-se embora sem ter bebido um trago
de Havana Club. Porto: Asa,
2001. Finisterra: Autores Contemporâneos de Língua
Portuguesa. 8°, publ. bds. with d.j. 153, (1) pp., (2 ll.),
port. ISBN: 972-41-2465-7. $25.00
In 1992,
bar-hopping in Havana, Amadeu meets Miguel, a young Cuban
who, over some drinks, sells the original love letters
supposedly written in prison by general Arnaldo Ochoa
Sánchez, a hero of the revolution who led the Cuban
intervention in Angola, and who, disgraced, was executed by
a firing squad a few months prior to the fall of the Berlin
Wall. In the course of trying to determine the authenticity
of the letters, Amadeu becomes deeply involved in the
people and life of Havana and Cuba. The author of this
novella, which marks his literary debut, was born in Castro
Marim, 1951. A lawyer, at the time this volume appeared he
was working as chief-of-staff to the mayor of Lisbon.
502.
VELHO, Jayme, pseud. [i.e. Rui de Mendonça].
O rapto do
Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres, romance.
Ponta Delgada:
AS, Lda., 2007. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 190 pp., (1 l.).
ISBN: 989-95316-0-4. $36.00
The author of
this novella, or short novel, a native of Vila das Velas,
São Jorge, Açores, has published three previous volumes of
fiction. A physician specializing in gynecology and
obstetrics, he has also published scientific articles in
professional journals and reviews.
503.
VENTURA, Vitorino Almeida. Crónicas de
Sancho Pança. Porto:
Afrontamento, 2007. Colecção Fixões, 63. 8°, orig. illus.
wrps. 122 pp., (1 l.), xvi pp., illus. ISBN: 972-36-0892-2.
$28.00
The xvi pp. are
bound in at the end, “dos-à-dos” fashion, with texts by Ana
Cristina Ferrão and Fernando de Castro Branco.
504.
VIEGAS, Francisco José. Um crime na
exposição: divertimento. 2nd ed. Porto:
Asa, 2002. Asa de Bolso, 24. Sm. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 285
pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-41-2942-X. $20.00
Detective novel
set at Expo ‘98, Lisbon. First published 1998. The author,
a literary critic, television personality, and journalist,
was born in Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Alto Douro in 1962. He
was editor of the review Ler,
published by the Círculo de Leitores, and has to his credit
at least eight novels, eight volumes of poetry, one volume
of plays, and three of travels. Under the pseudonym António
Sousa Homem he has published Os ricos
andam tolos (crónicas de um reaccionário
minhoto). “Francisco José
Viegas é o melhor romancista surgido nestes últimos tempos
na literatura portuguesa.”—Maria Teresa Horta, quoted on
the back cover of the dust jacket of his detective
novel, Um céu
demasiado azul (2000).
505.
VIEIRA, José Luandino, pseud. [i.e. José Vieira Mateus da
Graça]. De rios
velhos e guerrilheiros. I:
O livro dos Rios, romance. 2nd ed. Lisbon:
Caminho, 2006. Outras Margens: Autores Estrangeiros de
Língua Portuguesa, 58. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 139 pp. ISBN:
972-21-1828-5. $20.00
First published
in Luanda earlier the same year, this novella is the first
part of a projected trilogy. On the author, 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;
also Dicionário
cronológico de autores portugueses, VI, 356-7.
506.
ZAMBUJAL, Mário [Joaquim Marvão Gordilho].
Crónica dos
bons malandros. 30th ed.
“Edição Revista e Melhorada”. Lisbon: Quetzal, 2007. Tall
8°, orig. illus. wrps. 151 pp. ISBN: 972-564-662-5. $25.00
First published
1980, this novella is set in the marginal world of Lisbon’s
minor con artists, living in hopes of the “big score”. 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 worked
for A
bola for seven years
beginning in 1961, 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.
Fora de
mão, a collection
of stories and essays, had at least two editions in 2003.
His humorous novella, Primeiro
as senhoras: relato do último bom malandro
(2006), had an
initial printing of 10,000 copies. See Dicionário
cronológico de autores portugueses, VI, 404-5.
507.
ZAMBUJAL, Mário [Joaquim Marvão Gordilho].
À noite
logo se vê. 2nd ed. Lisbon:
Oficina do Livro, 2007. Colecção Romance. 8°, orig. illus.
wrps. 162 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 989-555-283-2. $30.00
First published
Lisbon: Quetzal, 1992.