Fado Alexandrino by Antnio Lobo Antunes
Brand: Grove Atlantic, Inc.
Product Description
On the tenth anniversary of the return of their battalion from Mozambique five men attempt to rekindle the fraternal bond that helped them survive the colonial war that was Portugals Vietnam. In turn they tell the stories of their lives before during and after the revolution that overthrew the longlived Salazar dictatorship. Internationally acclaimed for his fictionalized memoir of the Angolan war Antunes has with Fado Alexandrino raised a fabulous Lisbon from the ashes of his four failed but unforgettable protagonists and in the process has firmly established his reputation as the centurys foremost novelist in the Portuguese language. Fado Alexandrino is one of the richest novels to come out of Europe in recent years. Moreover it reveals a society and culture still too little known to the Englishspeaking world. show more
Condition : New
Author : Antnio Lobo Antunes
Weight : 897.46
Publisher : Grove Atlantic Inc.
Language : English
EAN : 9780802134219
ISBN10 : 0802134211
Format : Paperback Softback
Date of Publication : 19941020
Place of Publication : United States
Pagination : 497 Pages
Dimensions : 233 X 157 X 31