The Return of the Caravels
The Return of the Caravels
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The Return of the Caravels by Antonio Lobo Antunes
Called hallucinatory and lyrical (Publishers Weekly), The Return of the Caravels -- selected as a New York times Summer Reading title -- is a powerful indictment of Portuguese colonialism and another literary tour de force from the pen of Antonio Lobo Antunes, the greatest living Portuguese writer (Vogue). It is set in Lisbon as Portugal's African colonies gain their independence in the mid-1970s. In a contemporary response to Camoes's conquest epic The Lusiads, Antunes imagines Vasco da Gama and other heroes of Portuguese explorations beached amid the detritus of the empire's collapse. Or is it the modern colonials -- with their mixed-race heritage and uneasy place in the fatherland -- who have somehow ended up in sixteenth-century Lisbon? As da Gama begins winning back ownership of Lisbon piece by piece in crooked card games, four hundred years of Portuguese history mingle -- the caravels dock next to Iraqi oil tankers, and the slave trade rubs shoulders with the duty-free shops. The Return of the Caravels is a startling and uncompromising look at one of Europe's great colonial powers, and how the era of conquest reshaped not just Portugal but the world. . the voice of Nabokov by way of Cortazar, Gogol by way of Dylan. -- Jonathan Levi, Los Angeles Times Book Review Antunes has empathy for the contradictions of human feeling. He is a warm-bloodied writer.-- Michael Pye, The New York Times Book Review Antunes] deserves a wide audience of discerning readers. -- Michael Mewshaw, The Washington Post Book World
Lobo Antunes, Antü¾Œ¶˜¼nio: - Antü¾Œ¶˜¼nio Lobo Antunes, born in 1942 in Benfica, is considered to be Portugal's greatest living writer. The author of more than twenty novels, including What Can I Do When Everything's On Fire?, he has won many awards and makes his home in Lisbon.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780802139559 |
| ISBN 10 | 0802139558 |
| Titel | The Return of the Caravels |
| Autor | Antonio Lobo Antunes |
| Serie | Antunes Antonio Lobo |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2003-01-06 |
| Seitenanzahl | 224 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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