The Return of the Caravels

by António Lobo Antunes

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802139558
• ISBN13: 9780802139559
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Grove Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"