If Portuguese postmodernist Antunes (whose mazelike fictions include An Explanation of the Birds, , and Fado Alexandrino, ) were a filmmaker, he'd be the late Luis Buñuel—who, incidentally, makes a telling brief appearance in this multilayered novel. It's an energetic conflation of historical past and fictional near-present, in which Vasco de Gama's 16th-century voyages of. Called "hallucinatory and lyrical", The Return of the Caravels -- selected as a New York times Summer Reading title -- is a powerful indictment of Portuguese colonialism and another literary tour de force from the pen of Antonio Lobo Antunes, "the greatest living Portuguese writer". It is set in Lisbon as Portugal's African colonies gain their independence in the mids. If Portuguese postmodernist Antunes (whose mazelike fictions include An Explanation of the Birds, , and Fado Alexandrino, ) were a filmmaker, he'd be the late Luis Buñuel—who, incidentally, makes a telling brief appearance in this multilayered novel. It's an energetic conflation of historical past and fictional near-present, in which Vasco de Gama's 16th-century voyages of.
The Return of The Caravels of António Lobo Antunes rides this new and fresh mytho-critical wave which brings into play the legitimizing narratives of the Portuguese. It questions the national identity and suggest a tabula rasa. morbid black-parade of the national heroes of Portugal. www.doorway.ru | Übersetzungen für 'The Return of the Caravels [António Lobo Antunes]' im Englisch-Deutsch-Wörterbuch, mit echten Sprachaufnahmen, Illustrationen, Beugungsformen. António Lobo Antunes lives in Lisbon, Portugal. The time of The Return of the Caravels is the mids when settlers from the former colonies flock back to mainland Portugal, above all to Lisbon - spelled the antiquated way as Lixbon throughout the novel -, and put the country at a hard test after the violent end of the dictatorship of.
The Return of the Caravels - António Lobo Antunes - Set in Lisbon in the s during the dissolution of Portugal's African colonies, a stunning novel combines Portuguese history with the unforgettable tale of Vasco da Gama who, along with his band of fellow heroes, starts to reclaim Lisbon by winning it, piece by piece, in fixed card. The Return of the Caravels is a powerful indictment of Portuguese colonialism and another literary tour de force from the pen of Antonio Lobo Antunes, "the greatest living Portuguese writer" (Vogue). It is set in Lisbon as Portugal's African colonies gain their independence in the mids. Called "hallucinatory and lyrical" (Publishers Weekly), The Return of the Caravels -- selected as a New York times Summer Reading title -- is a powerful indictment of Portuguese colonialism and another literary tour de force from the pen of Antonio Lobo Antunes, "the greatest living Portuguese writer" (Vogue).
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