This fourth volume in the Dedalus European Fantasy series offers a rich feast of bewitched houses, roads that lead nowhere, hanged men who descend from the scaffold in order to help the living, churches buried beneath the sea, and cannibalism. In addition to the well-known masters Eca de Queiroz and Mario de SaCarneiro, contributors include Jose Rodrigues Migueis, Domingo Monteiro, Failho de Almeida, Jose Regio, David Mourao-Ferreira, Alvaro do Carvalhal, Ferreira de Castro, and Almada Negreiros, most appearing for the first time in English translation.
Hélder Macedo Book order
January 1, 1935
Hélder Malta Macedo is a Portuguese poet, novelist, essayist, critic, and literary researcher. His fictional work, including the novel Partes de África, is regarded as one of the most original in contemporary Portuguese literature. He employs narrative techniques to reveal the fictions of memory, exposing the boundary between fact and invention. His writing explores the nature of recollection and reality.




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