Books set in Portugal (55)
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Cementerio de pianos by José Luís Peixoto ES
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En el corazón de un taller de carpintería se encuentra el cementerio de pianos, un lugar donde los instrumentos, a semejanza de los seres que los rodean, han dejado de funcionar y se encuentran suspendidos entre la vida y la muerte. Es un lugar de lecturas clandestinas, de exilio voluntario donde se reflexiona y se hace el amor, un espacio recóndito de adulterios y un patio de juegos infantiles donde se encadenan las generaciones. Padre e hijo intercalan sus vivencias desde épocas y prismas diferentes y desenmascaran la historia de la familia, relatando historias de... continue
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Terminado em 1953 e inédito até depois da morte do autor, Claraboia narra com aguda percepção psicológica o dia a dia e as angústias dos moradores de um modesto prédio de apartamentos em Lisboa, e revela um Saramago em pleno domínio da narrativa. Primavera de 1952. Um prédio de seis apartamentos numa rua modesta de Lisboa é o cenário principal das histórias simultâneas que compõem este romance da juventude de José Saramago. Os dramas cotidianos dos moradores - donas de casa, funcionários remediados, trabalhadores manuais - tecem uma trama multifacetada, repleta de elementos do consagrado estil... continue
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Codex 632: The Secret Identity of Christopher Columbus by José Rodrigues dos Santos EN
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When Thomas Noronha, a professor of history and an expert cryptographer, is called upon to finish an unresolved investigation involving an aged scholar who is found mysteriously dead in his hotel room, his life takes several unexpected and dramatic turns. As Thomas slowly begins to unravel the cryptograms and enigmas that shroud the old professor's work, he finds a code that could possibly change the course of historical scholarship:Moloc Ninundia OmastoosIn his quest to decipher this mysterious code, Thomas travels around the world from Lisbon to Rio, New York, and Jerusalem. He quickly immer... continue
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De stad der blinden by José Saramago NL
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Een rij auto’s staat te wachten voor een rood stoplicht. Als het licht eindelijkop groen springt, trekt de eerste auto niet op, tot groeiend ongenoegen vande automobilisten erachter. Als ze het portier opentrekken, treffen ze eenwanhopige bestuurder aan, die alleen maar kan uitbrengen dat hij van hetene op het andere moment blind is geworden.
Deze openingsscène is de katalysator van een reeks verbijsterendegebeurtenissen, die algauw apocalyptische vormen aanneemt. Deblindheid blijkt besmettelijk: al snel ziet een groot gedeelte van de bevolkingvan Lissabon niets meer. Alle slac... continue
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Ecologia : romance by Joana Bértholo PT
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Numa sociedade que se fundiu com o mercado – tudo se compra, tudo se vende – começamos a pagar pelas palavras. A estranheza inicial dá lugar ao entusiasmo. Afinal, como é que falar podia permanecer gratuito?
Há seis mil idiomas no mundo. Seis mil formas diferentes de dizer «ecologia», e tão pouca ecologia. Seis mil formas diferentes de dizer «paz», e tão pouca paz. Seis mil formas diferentes de dizer «juntos», e é cada um por si.
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Empty Wardrobes by Maria Judite de Carvalho EN
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A previously untranslated classic of Portuguese feminist literature originally published in 1978, Carvalho's Empty Wardrobes introduces English-speaking readers to a forgotten and underappreciated woman writer a la recent publishing sensations Lucia Berlin, Natalia Ginzburg, Ingeborg Bachmann, Silvina Ocampo, and Armonia Somers. Empty Wardrobes is a tightly plotted, highly entertaining read, that, thanks to an ingenious detached narrative technique (one that makes the plot all the more fun to revisit and rethink), is both darkly humorous and devastatingly true.
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Ensayo sobre la ceguera by Jose Saramago ES
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Saramago arranca con una idea interesante: ¿Qué pasaría si…? En este caso, elabora un ensayo sobre que pasaría si todos quedaran ciegos, en forma de historia en torno a un grupo de personajes. Tiene humor, historia, situaciones, reflexiones y una prosa muy interesante, casi española. Lo sucedido, las opiniones, los mecanismos lógicos son del autor, que a pesar de escenas terribles, se cuida de evitar el espanto. Buena.
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Eseu despre orbire by José Saramago RO
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Eseu despre orbire este un roman cutremurător, o mărturie a neîncrederii autorului în societatea contemporană, incapabilă să-și gestioneze și să-și rezolve crizele. Într-un oraș anonim, populat de personaje fără nume, izbucnește o boală îngrozitoare ce provoacă orbirea. Fără o cauză aparență, în afară de cea morală, oamenii își pierd, unul cîte unul, vederea și barbaria se dezlănțuie. Unică reacție a politicienilor este represiunea, urmată în curînd de apariția lagărelor. Din motive necunoscute, o singură persoană scapă de flagel – so... continue
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From Timor Leste to Australia : Seven Families, Three Generations Tell Their Stories by Janet Trezise EN
Country: Asia / 
Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste
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A collection of poignant stories and poems of seven East Timorese families living in Melbourne whose experiences belong to that long history of human tragedy created where violent conflict of power, land and resources takes place, inevitably visiting on ordinary people, disruption and loss. Since 1975 to 1999, men, women and children, and even grandparents, have been forced to flee their beloved homeland, their culture, their language, their families - - and the graves of those murdered in repeated massacres over those years. The East Timorese have a special place in our history: so close geog... continue