A Little Larger Than the Entire Universe |
Fernando Pessoa ISBN: 0143039555 Selected Poems (Penguin Classics). This is the largest and richest volume of poetry by Pessoa available in English. It includes generous selections from the three poetic alter egos that the Portuguese writer dubbed "heteronyms" - Alberto...(read more) |
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A Small Death in Lisbon |
Robert Wilson ISBN: 000651202X This stunning, atmospheric thriller set in war-torn Europe won the CWA Gold Dagger and has now been reissued with the Javier Falcon series. A Portuguese bank is founded on the back of Nazi wartime deals. Over half a century later a young girl is...(read more) |
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Escape to Lisbon |
Bill Coulton ISBN: 1401041272 Sorry - no summary available. |
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Knowledge of Hell |
Lobo Antunes, Antonio ISBN: 1564784363 The narrator is a psychiatrist who loathes psychiatry, a veteran of the despised 1970s colonial war waged by Portugal against Angola, a survivor of a failed marriage and a man seeking meaning in an uncaring and venal society. In the course of one long...(read more) |
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Night Train to Lisbon |
Emily Grayson ISBN: 0060542640 This is a tale of the pursuit of love and passion against all odds, set in the 1930s when the world was on the brink of war, and suspicion over loyalties, motivations and intentions - to both country and lover - was at flood tide. |
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Pereira Declares |
Antonio Tabucchi ISBN: 0811213587 A middle-aged Portuguese journalist descends into isolation and apathy, with World War II looming on the horizon, until he meets a charismatic young man. |
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Sintra: A Glorious Eden |
Malcom Jack ISBN: 1857545877 Sintra is a unique and fantastic place. It is a place to be visited and explored, time and time again, both on account of its magnificent, natural scenery - an alpine setting in the south of Portugal - and its rich history entwined with that of the...(read more) |
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The Book of Disquiet |
Fernando Pessoa ISBN: 0141183047 Penguin Modern Classics. With its astounding hardcover reviews Richard Zenith's new complete translation of The Book of Disquiet has now taken on a similar iconic status to Ulysses, The Trial or In Search of Lost Time as one of the greatest but also...(read more) |
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The Collected Lyric Poems of Luis de Camoes |
Luis de Camoes, Landeg White ISBN: 0691136564 Luís de Camões is world famous as the author of the great Renaissance epic The Lusíads, but his large and equally great body of lyric poetry is still almost completely unknown outside his native Portugal. In The Collected Lyric Poems of...(read more) |
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The Lisbon Crossing (Mass Market Paperback) |
Tom Gabbay ISBN: 0061188441 Sorry - no summary available. |
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The Lusiads |
Luis De Camoes ISBN: 0192801511 First published in 1572, The Lusiads is one of the greatest epic poems of the Renaissance, immortalizing Portugal's voyages of discovery with an unrivalled freshness of observation. At the centre of The Lusiads is Vasco da Gama's pioneer voyage via...(read more) |
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There is a Tide |
A.M. Afifi ISBN: 1849233381 A youth mentored by his poetic, story-telling grandfather; a Portuguese fishing village struggling with the relentless tide of commercialism and tourism. Can they turn the tide of trouble, restoring peace to this idyllic corner of...(read more) |
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