Books set in Portugal (55)
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41.
The Colours of Death by Patricia Marques EN
PortugalDescription:
'Breathtakingly original, and a captivating sense of place' Val McDermid, bestselling author of Still Life 'Compelling and original, this glints with freshness' Daily Mail 'A brilliantly inventive and twisty tale' Claire McGowan, bestselling author of The Push 'A good detective story . . . intriguing' Guardian 'A distinctive, intriguing, immersive debut' Mari Hannah, multi-award winning author of Without a Trace The Murder In the Gare do Oriente, a body sits, slumped, in a stationary train. A high-profile man appears to have died by throwing himself repeatedly against the glass. But according ... continue
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The Following Story by Cees Nooteboom EN
Country: Europe / 
Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
A writer of travel books, Herman Mussert, goes to bed one night in Amsterdam and wakes up in a Lisbon hotel in the very room where 20 years earlier he slept with another man's wife. Is he dead, or dreaming, or travelling backwards through time? A surrealistic tale by the author of The Knight Has Died.
43.
The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel EN
SpainDescription:
Intersecting narratives, from the seventeenth century to present, explore questions of loss and faith.
44.
The Holy Sail by Abdulaziz Al-Mahmoud EN
QatarDescription:
A vibrant retelling of a little-known episode of Middle Eastern history that had far-reaching implications.
45.
The Return by Dulce Maria Cardoso EN
Description:
Everyone has gone away... We too should no longer be here. Luanda, 1975. The Angolan War of Independence has been raging for at least a decade, but with the collapse of the Salazar dictatorship, defeat for the Portuguese is now in sight. Thousands of settlers are fleeing back to Portugal to escape the brutality of the Angolan rebels. Rui is fifteen years old. He has lived in Luanda all his life and has never even visited the far-away homeland - although he has heard many stories. But now his family are finally accepting that they too must return, and Rui is filled with a mixture of excitement ... continue
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The Songs of António Botto by António Boto, Fernando Pessoa, Josiah Blackmore EN
Description:
The rediscovery of a major voice in modern gay poetry and twentieth-century letters.
47.
The Stone Raft by José Saramago EN
Description:
One day a rift opens along the border between Spain and France, and the Iberian peninsula floats off across the Atlantic, a great stone raft. But what of the floating population? While the tourists and investors flee, the Spanish and Portuguese escape the coast and wander the inland roads.
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The Yellow Sofa by Eça de Queirós EN
Description:
On discovering his wife in the arms of another man, the protagonist, Godofredo Alves, throws her out. But as the dishes pile up, Alves has second thoughts. What's more, does he really want to fight a duel that might get him killed? A spoof on honor by a 19th Century Portuguese writer.
