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). It is set
in Lisbon as Portugal's African colonies gain their independence in
the mid-1970s. In a contemporary response to Camoes's conquest epic
The Lusiads, Antunes imagines Vasco da Gama and other heroes of
Portuguese explorations beached amid the detritus of the empire's
collapse. Or is it the modern colonials -- with their mixed-race
heritage and uneasy place in the "fatherland" -- who have somehow
ended up in sixteenth-century Lisbon? As da Gama begins winning
back ownership of Lisbon piece by piece in crooked card games, four
hundred years of Portuguese history mingle -- the caravels dock
next to Iraqi oil tankers, and the slave trade rubs shoulders with
the duty-free shops. The Return of the Caravels is a startling and
uncompromising look at one of Europe's great colonial powers, and
how the era of conquest reshaped not just Portugal but the world.
..". the voice of Nabokov by way of Cortazar, Gogol by way of
Dylan." -- Jonathan Levi, Los Angeles Times Book Review "Antunes
has empathy for the contradictions of human feeling. He is a
warm-bloodied writer."-- Michael Pye, The New York Times Book
Review "[Antunes] deserves a wide audience of discerning readers."
-- Michael Mewshaw, The Washington Post Book World
General
Imprint: |
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Antunes, Antonio Lobo |
Release date: |
2003 |
First published: |
2003 |
Authors: |
Ant onio Lobo Antunes
|
Translators: |
Gregory Rabassa
|
Dimensions: |
210 x 139 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
210 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8021-3955-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Historical fiction
|
LSN: |
0-8021-3955-8 |
Barcode: |
9780802139559 |
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