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Lisbon has been an extraordinary city for well over a thousand years, rendering it a place of great historical and contemporary interest. The combination of cultural influences in Lisbon--Arabian, African, and European--and the city's identity as a great seafaring stronghold, has granted it a unique and spirited legacy. Lisbon Tales reflects this legacy in its literary selections. From famous names to new voices, Lisbon Tales describes a city in continuous and vibrant change.
List of contents
- Picture Credits
- General Introduction, Helen Constantine
- Introduction, Amanda Hopkinson
- 1. Alves and Co, Eça de Queiroz
- 2. A Clerical Afternoon, Fernando Pessoa
- 3. Lost Refuge, Soeiro Pereira Gomes
- 4. The Accident, José Rodrigues Miguéis
- 5. The Whistler, Mario Dionisio
- 6. The Fiancé, Augustina Bessa-Luis
- 7. Walking in Lisbon, José Saramago
- 8. Cais-do-Sodre Station, Orlanda Amarilis
- 9. Still Life with Head of Bream, Teolinda Gersão
- 10. Collectors, Mario de Carvalho
- 11. Metro Zoo, Hélia Correia
- 12. The Companions, Mauro Pinheiro
- 13. Kizombar, Kalaf Angelo
- 14. The Time When, Kalaf Angelo
- Notes on the Authors
- Further Reading
- Publishers Acknowledgements
- Map of Lisbon
About the author
Amanda Hopkinson is a literary translator, former Director of the British Centre for Literary Translation at the University of East Anglia, and Professor of Literary Translation at City, University of London.
Summary
A selection of newly translated short stories centred on Lisbon represent the literary heritage and culture of this diverse and extraordinary city. From famous names to new voices, Lisbon Tales describes a city in continuous and vibrant change.
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This panorama, proffered in elegant but natural English, is one of the main strengths of Lisbon Tales, leaving aside the intrinsic merits of the stories and crónicas themselves, and Hopkinson's translations are a welcome addition to the repertoire of Portuguese works available to English-speaking readers.
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A slice of Lisbon to form a tantalizing tart of tales. Lonnie Weatherby, Library Journal
