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The Land at the End of the World
A Novel

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In the tradition of William Faulkner and Gabriel García Márquez, one of the twentieth century¿s most original literary voices offers ¿kaleidoscopic visions of a modern Portugal scarred by its Fascist past and its bloody colonial wars in Africa¿ (Paris Review). Hailed as a masterpiece of world literature, The Land at the End of the World¿in an acclaimed translation by Margaret Jull Costa¿recounts the anguished tale of a Portuguese medic haunted by memories of war. Like the Ancient Mariner who will tell his tale to anyone who listens, the narrator¿s evening unfolds like a fever dream that is both tragic and haunting. The result is one of the great war novels of the modern age.

About the author

António Lobo Antunes, geb. 1942 in Lissabon, studierte Medizin, war während des Kolonialkrieges 27 Monate lang Militärarzt in Angola und arbeitete danach als Psychiater in einem Lissabonner Krankenhaus. Heute lebt er als Schriftsteller in seiner Heimatstadt. Lobo Antunes zählt zu den wichtigsten Autoren der europäischen Gegenwartsliteratur. In seinem Werk, das mittlerweile zwanzig Titel umfasst und in über dreißig Sprachen übersetzt worden ist, setzt er sich intensiv und kritisch mit der portugiesischen Gesellschaft auseinander. Er erhielt zahlreiche Preise, darunter den 'Großen Romanpreis des Portugiesischen Schriftstellerverbandes', den 'Österreichischen Staatspreis für Europäische Literatur', den 'Jerusalem-Preis für die Freiheit des Individuums in der Gesellschaft' und zuletzt 2007 den Camões-Preis.

Summary

"Brilliant…harrowing…Packs the impact of an exploding mortar shell." —Kai Maristed, Los Angeles Times

Product details

Authors Antonio Lobo Antunes, Ant Nio Lobo Antunes, Antonio Lobo Antunes, António Lobo Antunes, Antonio Antunes, António Lobo Antunes, Margaret Jull Costa
Assisted by Margaret Jull Costa (Translation), Costa Margaret Jull (Translation)
Publisher Norton
 
Content Book
Product form Paperback / Softback
Publication date 01.07.2012
Subject Fiction > Narrative literature
 
EAN 9780393342338
ISBN 978-0-393-34233-8
Pages 226
Height (packing) 34.5 cm
Weight (packing) 187 g
 
Subjects Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
FICTION / Literary
Fiction in translation
Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
 

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