Marius, que parece huir de algo, se une a Hanna, una adolescente con Síndrome de Down, en la búsqueda de su padre. Los lugares que visitan y los personajes que conocen (así como los sueños) adquieren un valor simbólico que pretenden caracterizar el siglo XX. La modalidad recuerda a El Principito, en que la simpatía de Hannah le abre las puertas a los diversos mundos, aunque lo simbólico de cada caso es más complejo y también más inquietante. Aunque la redacción dificulta un poco la lectura, muy bueno.
Numa sociedade dominada pelo materialismo, as famílias têm artistas em vez de animais de estimação. É nesse cenário, onde cada espaço tem um patrocinador, cada passo é medido com exatidão, e até a troca dos afetos é contabilizada, que uma menina pede ao pai um poeta. Com humor e leveza, Afonso Cruz conduz uma narrativa para fazer pensar sobre o utilitarismo e o papel da arte em um mundo onde tudo precisa ser mensurado.
A soaring, symphonic epic by the Portuguese master novelist, considered to be the "heir to Conrad and Faulkner" (George Steiner). The razor-thin line between reality and madness is transgressed in this Faulknerian masterpiece, António Lobo Antunes's first novel to appear in English in five years. What Can I Do When Everything's On Fire?, set in the steamy world of Lisbon's demimonde—a nightclub milieu of scorching intensity and kaleidoscopic beauty, a baleful planet populated by drag queens, clowns, and drug addicts—is narrated by Paolo, the son of Lisbon's most legendary transvestite, who sea... continue
An exhilarating debut novel told through three different voices, Whites Can Dance Too is Kalaf Epalanga's reflection on and celebration of the music of his homeland, the intertwining of cultural roots, and freedom and love. It took being caught at a border without proper documents for me to realise I'd always been a prisoner of sorts. Kuduro had been my passport to the world, thanks to it I'd travelled to places I'd never dreamed of visiting. But the chickens had come home to roost . . . Hours before performing at one of Europe's most iconic music festivals, Kalaf Epalanga is detained at the b... continue