Act of the Damned
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Book Overview
As the socialist revolution closes in, a once-wealthy Portuguese family is accused of economic sabotage. They must escape across the border to Spain, then on to Brazil -- but the family is bankrupt, financially and spiritually. The patriarch, Diogo, lies dying, while his rapacious offspring rifle through his belongings, searching for his will. He remembers with bitterness and resignation his foolish marriage to his brother's beautiful mistress, who...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0802134769
ISBN13:9780802134769
Release Date:September 1996
Publisher:Grove Press
Length:246 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
A future Nobel Prize Winner!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
This is an excellent example of why A. Lobo Antunes should win the Nobel Prize. The book is built around a once healthy family with a very peculiar group of members. Each one will give you is view of the family in is strange vision of the world. Amazing book.
Well writen and very well drawn book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
The author is a MD shrink And we feel that very well on the way he draws his characters on this book. Very well written. One of the Nobel prize nominees this year, last year and next year. Until he finally wons it.
Splendid !
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
One of the best contemporary portuguese novelists! The reading of this book, or any other of the same author for that matter, is both compelling and envolving! For those who are strangers to portuguese fiction I strongly recommend this book.
Single writing by a single writer
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Lobo Antunes is a single writer and shows to the world the fellings and thoughts of Lisbon people. I prefer the man behind the writer. The writer is a cold and professional student of the behavior of the human bean, the man is searching without Know his happiness and forget the Africa war.
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