Set in the aftermath of the "Carnation Revolution" of April 25,
1974, Antonio Lobo Antunes's Warning to the Crocodiles is a
fragmented narrative of the violent tensions resulting from major
political changes in Portugal. Told through the memories of four
women who spend their days fashioning homemade explosives and
participating in the kidnap and torture of communists, the novel
details the clandestine activities of an extreme right-wing
Salazarist faction resisting the country's new embrace of
democracy. Warning to the Crocodiles (Exortacao aos Crocodilos) has
won: - Best Novel by the Portuguese Writers Association (Grande
Premio de Romance e Novela da Associacao Portuguesa de Escritores)
(1999) - The D. Dinis Prize of the Casa de Mateus Foundation
(Premio D. Dinis da Fundacao Casa de Mateus) (1999) - The Austrian
State Literature Prize (Premio de Literatura Europeia do Estado
Austriaco) (2000)
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