Eca de Queiros, Author, Jose Maria EA Queiros, Author, De Queiros Eca De Queiros, Author New Directions Publishing Corporation $18.95 (324p) ISBN 978-0-8112-1264-9
Slyly funny and richly detailed, this reissue of Quieros's long out-of-print book makes for a delicious introduction to Portugal's greatest novelist. First published in 1900, the year of Quieros's death, it portrays Goncalo Mendes Ramires, the...
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Eca De Queiros, Author, Eca de Queiros, Author, Jose Maria EA Queiros, Author New Directions Publishing Corporation $14.95 (128p) ISBN 978-0-8112-1339-4
In a letter cited by the author's son in his introductory note, E a de Queiros (1846-1900) writes of a planned series of short novels ""which would be a reflection of contemporary life in Portugal."" He adds, ""the attraction of these tales is that...
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Jose Maria Eca De Queiros, Author, Eca de Queiros, Author, Jose Maria De Eca De Queiros, Author , trans. from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa. New Directions $17.95 (596p) ISBN 978-0-8112-1649-4
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veteran translator of Saramago and Pessoa, Jull Costa delivers Quierós's 1888 masterpiece in a beautiful English version that will become the standard. Rich scion Carlos de Maia—like his best friend, writer João da EgaR
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