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Que Cavalos São Aqueles que Fazem Sombra no Mar?
2009
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A acção decorre no Ribatejo, numa quinta onde se criam toiros. A mãe está a morrer e cada um dos filhos fala e conta a sua história, que se cruza com a história dos outros. Francisco, que odeia os irmãos e espera apropriar-se de tudo quando a mãe morrer; João, o preferido da mãe, pedófilo, que engata rapazinhos no Parque Eduardo VII; Beatriz, que engravidou e teve de casar cedo; Ana, a mais inteligente, drogada e frequentadora dos mais sinistros lugares onde se trafica droga. Há ainda a figura do pai, que vai perdendo ao jogo a fortuna da família, na obsessão de que o número 17 lhe há-de trazer a sorte. E finalmente Mercília, a criada que os criou a todos e que sabe todos os segredos.
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Antonio Lobo Antunes
Antonio Lobo Antunes
Author · 41 books

At the age of seven, António Lobo Antunes decided to be a writer but when he was 16, his father sent him to medical school - he is a psychiatrist. During this time he never stopped writing. By the end of his education he had to join the Army, to take part in the war in Angola, from 1970 to 1973. It was there, in a military hospital, that he gained interest for the subjects of death and the other. The Angolan war for independence later became subject to many of his novels. He worked many months in Germany and Belgium. In 1979, Lobo Antunes published his first novel - Memória de Elefante (Elephant's Memory), where he told the story of his separation. Due to the success of his first novel, Lobo Antunes decided to devote his evenings to writing. He has been practicing psychiatry all the time, though, mainly at the outpatient's unit at the Hospital Miguel Bombarda of Lisbon. His style is considered to be very dense, heavily influenced by William Faulkner, James Joyce and Louis-Ferdinand Céline. He has an extensive work, translated into several languages. Among the many awards he has received so far, in 2007 he received the Camões Award, the most prestigious Portuguese literary award.

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