Fifty years since the Carnation Revolution
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On 25 April 1974 troops took to the streets of Lisbon, carnations in the barrels of their rifles, and were soon joined by an overjoyed populace in the overthrow of the moribund authoritarian regime that had been in power since 1926. To celebrate the anniversary, take a look at this Lusitanian selection from our shelves.
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On the night of 24 April 1974, at five minutes to eleven, a Lisbon radio station broadcasts Portugal’s Eurovision entry. By 6.20 p.m. the next day, Europe’s oldest fascist regime has fallen. Hardly a shot has been fired. As…
Recommended by David
‘Tabucchi’s tragic novel, set in Portugal during the Salazar dictatorship raises, in deceptively simple prose, profound questions around the subjects of resistance, heroism, and the peculiar nature of courage.’
Recommended by John
‘Sassy, joyous vignettes of English visitors to Portugal. It’s enormous but I would have preferred it twice the size.’
From the publisher:
Translated by Richard ZenithThis is the largest and richest volume of poetry by Pessoa available in English. It includes generous selections from the three poetic alter egos that the Portuguese writer dubbed "heteronyms" - Alberto…
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Fifty years after his death, Portugal’s Salazar remains a controversial and enigmatic figure, whose conservative and authoritarian legacy still divides opinion. Some see him as a reactionary and oppressive figure who kept Portugal…
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Translated by Amanda Hopkinson and Nick CaistorJosé Saramago takes us on a thrilling literary journey through the land, history and culture of his native country.From the misty mountains of the north to the southern seascape of the…
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Translated by Margaret Jull CostaA profound and genre-defying work of literature about love, death, and illness from one of Portugal's most celebrated writers"Little prepares one for this extraordinary book, in which each chapter,…
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Translated by Margaret Jull CostaWinner of PEN/Book-of-the-Month-Club Translation Prize for 2008.Winner of The Oxford Weidenfeld Translation Prize for 2008Carlos is the grandson of Afonso da Maia, the last surviving member of one of…
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Translated by Rhett McNeilThe Splendor of Portugal's four narrators are members of a once well-to-do family whose plantation was lost in the Angolan War of Independence; the matriarch of this unhappiest of clans and her three adult children…
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Translated by Giovanni PontieroH. is a struggling artist with a commission to paint a portrait of a well-known industrialist. Whilst the industrialist sits for the portrait, H. begins an affair with his subject's secretary. Meanwhile…
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