RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS BULLETIN 63
August
2008
PART
XIX:
Fiction
See also
items 117, 150, 153, 197, 206 & 212.
160.
ADEMAR, Carlos. Memórias de
um assassino romântico. Lisbon:
Oficina do Livro, 2008. Colecção Romance. 8°, orig. illus.
wrps. 336 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 978-989-555-349-5. $40.00
Detective
novel. 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 homem da
Carbonária (2006), and the
detective novel Estranha
forma de Vida (2007).
161.
AFONSO, Maria Vitória. Contos e
vivências do sudoeste alentejano. Preface by
António Henriques. "Apreciação" by Aires Vieira. Lisbon:
Colibri, 2008. Tribuna Livre. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 102
pp., (1 l.), viii pp. color plates, (1 l.). ISBN:
978-972-772-808-4. $30.00
Stories set in
the Southeast of the Alentejo. The author was born in
Colos, concelho de Odemira, 1941. She has colaborated in
Poetrix do Brasil, and worked for two years at the regional
newspaper Tribuna do
povo in Seixal. At the time
this volume appeared she was collaborating with a regular
column on the Southeast Alentejo in the Diário do
Sul.
162.
ALMEIDA, Leonor Duarte de. Gaivotas em
fim de verão. Preface by
Isabel do Carmo. Lisbon: Parceria A.M. Pereira, 2007. 8°,
orig. illus. wrps. 144 pp. ISBN: 978-972-8645-41-0. $30.00
The author of
these stories, an ophthalmologist, was practicing at the
Hospital de Santa Maria in Lisbon at the time this volume
appeared. She has a master's degree in bio-ethics. Her
first book of short stories, Esgares e
sorrisos, was awarded
the Prémio Revelação SOPEAM, 2002, and the Prémio Novos
Autores Portuguese for 2002 by the IPLB. Another collection
of stories, Só me falta
ser viúva, was published
by Prefácio in 2004.
163.
AMARAL, Domingos [Freitas de]. Já ninguém
morre de amor. Lisbon: Casa
das Letras, 2008. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 236 pp., (2 ll.).
ISBN: 978-972-46-1802-9. $35.00
This brief
novel or novella is a history of four generations of the
Palma Lobo family. They spent time in Moçambique, Angola,
Lisbon, the Alentejo and Brazil. The author's first
novel Amor à 1ª
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. His
novel set in Lisbon, 1941, Enquanto
Salazar dormia (first
published April 2006; the seventh edition appeared in
October the same year), 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, is
said to have sold 30,000 copies. It has been published in
Brazil and Poland. 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.
164.
AMARAL, Rui Manuel. Caravana.
Francisco
Costa, illus. Coimbra: Angelus Novus, 2008. Colecção
Microcosmos. 8°, publ. illus. bds. 167 pp., (1 ll.), illus.
ISBN: 978-972-8827-40-3. $35.00
Rui Manuel
Amaral was born in Porto, 1973. He is literary coordinator
of the review Agusfurtadas.
This is his first book. It appears to be a collection of
short and very short stories, but may very well be a
novella.
165.
BAPTISTA, Nogueira. Os
espoliados. Cacém: VoxGo,
2006. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 207 pp., (1 l., 3 ll. advt.).
ISBN: 978-972-99800-4-6. $35.00
Novella based
on the aftermath of Expo'98.
166.
BAPTISTA, Nogueira. Terra rica
povo não. Cacém: VoxGo,
2007. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 269 pp., (1 l., 4 ll. advt.).
ISBN: 978-972-99800-7-7. $38.00
Novel about an
ex-combatant of the colonial wars, in love with Angola, who
returns, against the advice of his friends, in the late
1980s.
167.
BAPTISTA-BASTOS [Armando]. Viagem de
um pai e de um filho pelas ruas da amargura.
6th
ed.? Lisbon: Oficina do Livro, 2008. 8°, orig. illus. wrps.
191 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 978-989-555-354-9. $38.00
First published
1981. Baptista-Bastos, born in Lisbon, 1934, 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 been awarded the Grande
Prémio da Crítica, the Grande Prémio da Crónica da APE, and
the Prémio de Crónica João Carreira Bom. He has published
at least four volumes of essays, and six of journalism
(interviews which appeared in the press, etc.). He began
working as a journalist for O
século at age 19,
later spending 23 years at Diário
popular.
168.
BARRETO, António Garcia. A mulher da
minha vida. Lisbon:
Oficina do Livro, 2008. Colecção Romance. 8°, orig. illus.
wrps. 352 pp. ISBN: 978-989-555-375-4. $40.00
Novel set in
Lisbon during the 1930s. The author was born in Amadora,
1948. He fought in the colonial wars in Moçambique, and
while there collaborated in various newspapers, such
as Notícias de
Lourenço Marques,
República,
O
diário, and
Diário
popular. In 1973 he
was awarded first prize in a short story contest held by
the Diário
popular. Garcia
Barreto has written a number of children's books, and has
also published scholarly works about Portuguese literature
for children, the most significant of which was
Dicionário
de literatura infantil portuguesa (2002). His
juvenile novel Rubens e a
companhia do espanto em o caso da mitra
desaparecida (2005) received
the Prémio Literário de Sintra—Adolfo Simões Müller, for
children's and juvenile literature. Author of several
novels and collections of short stories for adults as well,
his A malta da
Rua dos Plátanos (1981) was
translated into Russian. The author's novella
À sombra
das acácias vermelhas (Roma Editora,
2006), was set in Moçambique during the colonial wars.
169.
CARLOS, Augusto. Mar
imenso. Mem Martins:
Nova Vaga Editora, 2008. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 207 pp.
ISBN: 978-972-99792-9-3. $35.00
The author of
this "romance" set in Moçambique, was born in Gaza,
Moçambique, 1955. He has written seven previous books.
170.
CASTEL-BRANCO, Luísa. Alma e os
mistérios da vida. 3rd ed. Lisbon:
Oficina do Livro, 2008. Colecção Romance. 8°, orig. illus.
wrps. 333 pp. ISBN: 978-989-555-357-0. $40.00
Set in the
years of the Estado Novo, about an unusual woman, this is
the author's first novel. It was first published June 2008
(said to have been in a run of 4,000 copies). We have no
information about the second edition, which must have
appeared in either June or early July. This third edition
appeared in July (the print run is said to have been 3,000
copies). The author was born in Lisbon, 1954. She has
collaborated in the weekly newspaper Semanário,
was one of the founders of the review Máxima,
and has also written for Lux
and
Notícias
magazine. She
has worked extensively in television. In 2001 she
published Luísa,
a collection of essays (at least two editions).
171.
CASTELO BRANCO, Camilo. Coração,
cabeça e estômago. Preface (pp.
[7]-30) by Eunice Cabral. Porto: Caixotim, 2008. Colecção
"Caixotim Clássico". 8°, publ. illus. bds. 248 pp., (4
ll.)., color frontisport., brief bibliography. ISBN:
978-989-8651-99-2. $40.00
First edition
thus of this humorous novella, originally published in
1862.
172.
CASTELO BRANCO, Camilo. Livro negro
de Padre Dinis: romance em continuação dos
Mistérios de
Lisboa.
Preface by
Maria Alzira Seixo. Lisbon: Parceria A.M. Pereira, 2007.
Colecção Camiliana, 03. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 310 pp.
ISBN: 978-972-8645-37-3. $40.00
The preface,
titled "'Paixões proibidas', labirinto de incertezas"
occupies pp. [7]-25. There follows (pp. 27-8), "Critérios
de Edição" by Sérgio Guimarães de Sousa.
173.
COSTA, Luís Filipe. Agora e na
hora da sua morte. 2nd ed. Lisbon:
Vega, 2008. Colecção O Chão da Palavra—Nova Série. 8°,
orig. illus. wrps. 115 pp. ISBN: 978-972-699-889-1. $30.00
First published
by Caminho, 1988. The author of this novella was born in
Lisbon, 1936. He had a career as a radio journalist, later
moving to television and cinematography. He also
wrote A borboleta
na gaiola (Vega, 1984).
174.
DASILVA O., A., pseud. O livro
mau. Porto: Edições
Mortas / Casa Museu A. Dasilva O., 2001. Sm. 4°, orig.
illus. wrps. 79 pp. ISBN: 9738313233 [sic].
$30.00
The author has
had published at least ten small books, mostly by Black Son
and Edições Mortas. These are for the most part poems, but
include at least two plays, a volume of literary theory,
and at least two volumes of short fiction. He has also
written for the literary supplement of Diário de
Lisboa, and for the
Dutch review Pose.
175.
FIGUEIREDO, Eurico. Guerrilheiro
sentimental: estórias de exílio. Porto: Campo
das Letras, 2008. Colecção Campo da Memória, 18. 12°, orig.
illus. wrps. 137 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 978-989-625-304-2.
$30.00
The author is
Professor Catedrático de Psiquiatria, and the Universidade
do Porto. He has published in the area of the convergence
of psychiatry and psychology with culture and values. He
has also worked on drug addiction, and was at the forefront
of opposition to the dam at Foz Côa. A founder of the
"Portugal Plural" movement, he was active in student
movements of the 1960s, and lived many years in exile in
Switzerland. He has been awarded the Grã-Cruz da Ordem da
Liberdade. The present stories are said to have been
written and left "na gaveta" since 1977. Based on the
author's experiences, they appear to constitute his first
volume of fiction.
176.
HALPERN, Armando Júdice. A rainha da
noite. Lisbon: Black
Son Editores, 1993. Colecção The Impossible Papers. 12°,
orig. illus. wrps. 72 pp., (1 l.). One of 250 copies. ISBN:
none. $30.00
The author of
this unconventional collection of short stories was born in
Lisbon, 1961. As of ca. 2006 he was working in England,
near Stonehenge. He has published books on computer
programming. His first novel, O segredo
do cavaleiro, was published
by Oficina do Livro in 2006.
177.
LETRIA, José Jorge. Meu
Portugal brasileiro: a vida de um português na corte de D.
João VI no Rio de Janeiro. Lisbon:
Oficina do Livro, 2008. Colecção Romance. 8°, orig. illus.
wrps. 257 pp. ISBN: 978-989-555-358-7. $38.00
Fictitious
memoirs of António Pereira Vicente, who in pursuit of his
military career accompanied the mad Queen D. Maria II and
the Prince Regent, D. João (later D. João VI of Portugal,
Brazil and Algarves), departing Lisbon 27 November 1807,
arriving first in Bahia in January 1808, then moving on to
Rio de Janeiro. Said on the publisher's belt to be the
account of "Um principe dominado por uma rainha louca e por
uma mulher perversa. Os sonhos e as incertezas do
nascimento da nação brasileira." The author's book of
poems, Sobre
retratos (2008), was
awarded the Prémio de Poesia Nuno Júdice, 2007, by the
Câmara Municipal de Aveiro. 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 34 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.
178.
MAGALHÃES, Pedro. Má sorte.
Cacém: VoxGo,
2007. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 259 pp., (1 l., 1 l. advt.).
ISBN: 978-972-99800-9-1. $38.00
The author was
born in Porto, 1987, where he was living at the time this
volume appeared. This is his first novel.
179.
MENDONÇA, Diana. Depois de
ti. Lisbon:
Oficina do Livro, 2008. Colecção Romance. 8°, orig. illus.
wrps. 184 pp. ISBN: 978-989-555-376-1. $35.00
Novella of love
lost and regained. This appears to be the author's first
solely written and separately published work of longer
fiction. 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 her novella Espero por
ti em Paris (Oficina do
Livro, 2006; written in collaboration with David Marle), in
which Philippe and Carolina decide to visit Paris. It is
the first published work of longer fiction for both
authors.
180.
MONGINHO, Julieta. A terceira
mãe. Porto: Campo
das Letras, 2008. Colecção Campo da literatura, 163. 8°,
orig. illus. wrps. 276 pp. ISBN: 978-989-625-296-0. $35.00
Short fiction?
Julieta Monginho was born in Lisbon, 1958.
Juízo
perfeiro (1996), her
first novel, has had a second edition. Her second novel
was A paixão
segundo os infiés (1998). She
published a third novel À tua
espera, in 2000. Her
fouth novel, in the form of a diary, Onde está
J.? was published
in 2002. She also published a collection of essays with a
decidedly literary bent Dicionário
dos livros sensíveis (2000).
181.
MORAIS, Fernando. A inscrição
na lápide. Porto: Edições
Morais, 2005. Colecção Restos Mortais, 13. 12°, orig.
illus. wrps. 69 pp. ISBN: 972-8313-47-0. $30.00
The author of
this long short love story or brief novella, born Vila Nova
de Gaia, 1935, participated in the Centro Ramalho Ortigão
in the 1950s. In 1963 he published his first book,
A cidade
adversa. He also
published A cidade
ocupada pela poesia (Editora
Peregrinação, 1983), O poeta
escondido (1998),
and Voltar a
Gaia (2000). As of
ca. 2002 he was writing weekly essays for eight regional
newspapers.
182.
MORAIS, Norberto. Vícios de
amor. Lisbon:
Oficina do Livro, 2008. Colecção Romance. 8°, orig. illus.
wrps. 365 pp. ISBN: 978-989-555-348-8. $45.00
Novel which
begins in the Summer of 1981, about a dispute between two
families over love and fortune. The author was born in
Calw, described as a small city in the Black Forest. He
came to live in Portugal at age six. This appears to be his
first book.
183.
PEPETELA, pseud. [i.e. Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos
Santos]. Contos de
morte. Introduction by
Mia Couto. 2nd ed. Lisbon: Edições Nelson de Matos, 2008.
Colecção Mil Horas de Leitura, 2. 8°, orig. illus. wrps.
94., (1), pp. ISBN: 978-989-95597-3-8. $30.00
First published
May 2008; this second edition appeared later the same
month. The Angolan–born author was awarded the Prémio
Camões for the totality of his literary output. The Prémio
Camões has been described by his former publisher as "the
most important literary prize in the Portuguese language."
Pepetela has also written Muana
Puó (1978—3rd ed.,
2002); O desejo de
Kianda (1995—4th ed.,
2001); Mayombe
(1980—10th ed.,
2005); O Cão e os
caluandas (1985—6th ed.,
2003); Yaka
(1985—4 ed.,
1998); Lueiji, o
nascimento dum império (1990);
A geração
da Utopia (1992—7th ed.,
2004); Parábola do
cágado velho (1996—5th ed.,
2002); A montanha
da água lilás (2000—3rd ed.,
2002); A gloriosa
familia (1997—4th ed.,
2004); Jaime
Bunda, agente secreto (2001—7th ed.,
2005); and Jaime Bunda
e a morte do Americano (2003—3rd ed.
2005). All were published by Dom Quixote.
184.
PINTO, Margarida Rebelo. Português
suave. Lisbon:
Oficina do Livro, 2008. Colecção Romance. 8°, orig. illus.
wrps. 251 pp., (6 ll.). ISBN: 978-989-555-379-2. $35.00
In the 1940s,
Mercês Perestrello is declared insane and separated from
her children. In the 1960s, the twins Maria Teresa and
Maria Luísa travel different roads in search of happiness.
Forty years later, the cousins Leonor and Naná discover
secrets never imagined. The author has had several
best-selling books among at least five novels, and three
collections of essays. Her collection of short and shorter
romantic pieces, Vou
contar-te um segredo (2006), was
published in an initial edition of 25,000 copies. She has
also written two plays and two screenplays. Her work has
been published in the Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Belgium,
Lithuania and Brazil.
185.
PIRES, José Cardoso (1925-1998). Lavagante:
encontro desabitado. 5th ed. Lisbon:
Edições Nelson de Matos, 2008. Colecção Mil Horas de
Leitura, 1. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 89, (1), pp. ISBN:
978-989-95597-1-4. $30.00
This previously
unpublished novella was first published in February 2008;
the fifth edition appeared in May the same year. José
[Augusto Neves] Cardoso Pires worked in various jobs until
he turned to journalism in 1949. His fiction was subjected
to censorship and controversy under the Salazar regime. The
author's novel Alexandra
Alpha (1987; 5th ed.,
1998), was awarded the Prémio Especial by the Associação
dos Críticos do Brasil. Balada da
Praia dos Cães was awarded the
Grande Prémio de Romance e Novela by the Associação
Portuguesa de Escritores. See Maria Lúcia Lepecki in
Machado, ed., Dicionário
de literatura portuguesa, pp. 387-8;
also Dicionário
cronológico de autores portugueses, pp. 430-3.
186.
REBELO, Tiago. O último
ano em Luanda. 5th edition.
Queluz de Baixo: Presença, 2008. Grandes Narrativas, 389.
Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 473 pp., (2 ll. advt.), brief
bibliography. ISBN: 978-972-23-3891-2. $45.00
Historical
novel set in Luanda in 1974. The first edition was
published in March 2008; this fifth edition appeared in
May. The author has written eight previous works of long
fiction, several of which have gained both critical and
commercial success, and five volumes of stories for
children. He has worked as executive director of a TVI news
program.
187.
RÉGIO, José, pseud. [i.e. José Maria dos Reis Pereira,
1901-1969]. Contos e
novelas. 2nd ed. Lisbon:
Imprensa Nacional, 2007. Biblioteca de Autores Portugueses.
José Régio, Obra Completa. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 408 pp,
(1 l. adv., 1 l.). One of 500 copies. ISBN:
978-972–27–1627–7. $45.00
First published
thus in 2000. Extensive and interesting introduction by
Eugénio Lisboa.
188.
RESENDE, Vasco. A
mistificação de Shakespeare: amores lendários.
Preface by Elsa
Rodrigues dos Santos. Lisbon: SeteCaminhos, 2006. 8°, orig.
illus. wrps. 223 pp., bibliography, chronology. ISBN:
978-989-602-104-X. $35.00
The author's
novel Antónia,
mulher coragem (Difel, 2004),
was awarded the Prémio de Poesia e Ficção, Almada 2002.
Prize-winning journalist, radio personality, and former
director of Sporting, this novella appears to be the
author's second book.
189.
ROCHA, Jaime. A loucura
branca. 2nd ed.
Posfácio de António Cabrita. Almada: Íman Edições, n.d.
(2001?). Colecção Íman Ficção, 1. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 84
pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 972-8665-01-6. $30.00
First published
1990. The author, born in 1949, has published at least
three novels, one story, and eleven volumes of poetry, in
addition to six volumes of plays. In 1998 he was awarded
the Grande Prémio APE de Teatro for the play
O terceiro
andar. He won the
Prémio Eixo Atlântico de Textos Dramaticos in 2000 for his
play Seis
mulhers sob escuta.
190.
ROSA, Luís Valente. O homem
novo, romance. Lisbon:
dimensão 6, 2008. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 301 pp. ISBN:
978-972-8018-06-1. $35.00
This is the
author's first novel. It is said to be an "expedição
paleontológica, que tenta descobrir a origem do homem" and
"uma reflexão profunda sobre a essência do ser humano e uma
proposta filosófica envolvendo o futuro da Humanidade."
Moreover, full of imaginary conversations, it is called a
"fantasioso romance e uma bela e emocionante história de
amor. "Born in Lisbon in 1957, Rosa studied at the Liceu
Camões, where he was a student of Vergílio Ferreira, and
claims to be a disciple of that author. Later he received a
degree in social anthropology from the Catholic University
of Leuven, and studied at the graduate level at the
Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
191.
SAAVEDRA, Ricardo de. Os dias do
fim, romance. 2nd ed.,
revised. Lisbon: Casa das Letras, 2008. 8°, orig. illus.
wrps. 421 pp., 1 map, 1 illus in text. ISBN:
978-972-46-1804-3. $40.00
First published
1995; this is the author's first (and only?) novel. He has
published works of reportage, a book of poems, and another
of short stories. According to a statement by the publisher
on the back cover, "Com este romance o fim do Império em
Moçambique deixa definitivamente de ser uma nuvem distante
e baça". Saavedra, after a brief beginning in journalism,
had been called up to fight in the colonial wars in
Moçambique, and later settled in Lourenço Marques as a
secondary school teacher. After the rebellion of 7
September 1974 he took refuge in South Africa, and worked
for radio Suázi and R.S.A., as well as directing a weekly
review. He returned to Portugal in 1987, and began work for
the Diário de
notícias, editing the
section on the economy, and working as director-adjunto
of Notícias
magazine.
192.
SARAIVA, José Manuel. Aos olhos
de Deus. Lisbon:
Oficina do Livro, 2008. Colecção Romance. 8°, orig. illus.
wrps. 249 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 978-989-555-364-8. $38.00
Historical
novel based on the famous 1514 mission sent by D. Manuel I
of Portugal to Pope Leo X. Six ships laden with treasure
from Africa and India embarked from Lisbon. One of the
highlights was the speech of obedience delivered before the
Pope by the fidalgo D. Diogo Pacheco. A subplot is the love
affair of D. Diogo with the beautiful Jewess Raquel Aboab.
The author was born in the hamlet of Santo António d'Alva
in 1946. According to the publisher's blurb for his first
novel, he studied at Coimbra, and the war in Guiné. A
journalist who worked sixteen years for Expresso,
he was editor of that weekly newspaper. He has produced two
documentaries on the colonial wars, and has worked
for O diário,
Diário de Lisboa, and
Grande
reportagem. His first
novel, As
lágrimas de Aquiles (2001), was
based on personal experiences of almost two years of combat
in Guiné; after 25 years the protagonist of the novel
returns to discover, in short "não há ponto de regresso nem
reencontro com o amor perdido." The author's second
novel, Rosa
brava (2005; 8
editions, with more than 30,000 copies said to have been
sold), based on the life of Leonor Teles, "an emancipated
woman" who lived in a medieval court of "luxury and
seduction".
193.
SILVA, Ana Cristina. As
fogueiras da Inquisição. Queluz de
Baixo: Presença, 2008. Grandes Narrativas, 396. Lge. 8°,
orig. illus. wrps. 189 pp., (3 pp. advt.). ISBN:
978-972-23-3939-1. $30.00
The author has
a doctorate in the psychology of education, and has
published in her academic specialty both in Portugal and
abroad. This historical novella set in the sixteenth
century appears to be her first work of fiction.
194.
SILVA, José Mário. Efeito
borboleta e outras histórias. Lisbon:
Oficina do Livro, 2008. Colecção Ficção. 8°, orig. prtd.
wrps. with d.j. 139 pp. ISBN: 978-989-555-374-7. $30.00
The author was
born in Paris, 1972. His book of poems Nuvens
& labirintos (Gótica, 2001),
was awarded the Prémio Literário Cidade de Almada, 2001. He
received an undergraduate degree in Biology from the
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, but began
working as a journalist while still at the university,
spending 14 years, beginning in 1993, at the
Diário de
notícias. At the time
this volume appeared he was literary critic and editor of
the book review section of Expresso,
as well as a regular contributor to the review
Ler.
195.
VENTURA, Dina. Sebenta
sagrada. Casal de
Cambra: Caleidoscópio, 2008. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps.
182 pp. ISBN: 978-989-8129-31-4. $35.00
The author was
born in Monte-Estoril, 1954. In 2007 she published
Nas asas do
vento encontrei orixá.
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