Antunes, Antonio Lobo
The Return of the Caravels
- ISBN 13:
- 9780802139559
- author:
- Antunes, Antonio Lobo
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2003
- Pages:
- 224
- Genre:
- Fiction - Historical
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
The Return of the Caravels A Novel by António Lobo Antunes is a powerful and uncompromising exploration of Portugal's colonial past. Set in Lisbon as the African colonies gain independence in the mid-1970s, this novel imagines a world where the heroes of Portuguese exploration are beached in the midst of the empire's collapse. The result is a striking and thought-provoking look at one of Europe's great colonial powers and its lasting impact on the world. In this contemporary response to Camões's conquest epic The Lusiads, Antunes weaves together four hundred years of Portuguese history, from the slave trade to the duty-free shops of modern Lisbon. The boundaries between past and present blur, as the modern colonials - with their mixed-race heritage and uneasy place in the "fatherland" - find themselves transported to sixteenth-century Lisbon. A gripping and thought-provoking novel that will appeal to readers interested in historical fiction and literary exploration.
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