Jose Luis Peixoto

Na Lisboa de finais dos anos noventa, um jovem escritor em crise vê o seu caminho cruzar-se com o de um grande escritor. Dessa relação, nasce uma história que mescla realidade e ficção, um jogo de espelhos que coloca em evidência alguns dos desafios maiores da literatura. A ousadia de transformar José Saramago em personagem e de chamar Autobiografia a um romance é apenas o começo de uma surpreendente proposta narrativa que, a partir de certo ponto, não se imagina como poderá terminar. José Luís Peixoto explora novos temas e cenários e, ao mesmo tempo, aprofunda obsessões, numa obra marcante, uma referência futura.

Autobiografia

Winner of the José Saramago Literary Award A mesmerizing tale from Portugal's most acclaimed young novelist. Set in an unnamed Portuguese village, against a backdrop of severe poverty, The Implacable Order of Things follows two generations of men and women as they struggle with love, jealousy, violence, loss, and—most of all—the inescapability of fate. With subtle prose and powerful imagery, José Luís Peixoto delicately weaves together the stories of his oddball cast-including a pair of twins conjoined at the pinky, a supercentenarian, a shepherd turned cuckold by a giant, and even the Devil himself.

The Implacable Order of Things

Historias de nuestra casa / Stories from our home

Richard Zenith

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This book is a selection from the three books that I published so far. 'A Child in Ruins' is the title of the first of these books. A Crianca em Ruinas (A Child in Ruins), first published in 2001 A Casa, a Escuridao (The House, the Darkness), first published in 2002 Gaveta de Papeis (Drawer of Papers), first published in 2008 The selection of the poems was made by me with some suggestions by Hugo. 'A Child in Ruins' was awarded the Award of the Portuguese Society of Authors for the best poetry book of that year. 'Gaveta de Papeis' was awarded the Daniel Faria Award for poetry. This is the first time 'A Child in Ruins' has been translated into English."

Jose Luis Peixoto

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