El crimen del padre Amaro / Father Amaro's Crime

from lucybrown

For some reason Portugal was never thought of as a literary powerhouse until the latter 20th century, and even great thumping-got-classic-written-all-over-it tomes such as The Crimes of Father Amaro failed to get readership much beyond Portugal and Lusophiles. Why? I have theories, but that is fo...

from lucybrown

For some reason Portugal was never thought of as a literary powerhouse until the latter 20th century, and even great thumping-got-classic-written-all-over-it tomes such as The Crimes of Father Amaro failed to get readership much beyond Portugal and Lusophiles. Why? I have theories, but that is fo...

from arubabookwoman

Eca de Queiros is fast becoming one of my favorite 19th Century novelists. This is both his first and his fourth book. An unedited version of the book began being serialized without his knowledge in 1875. A second version was written in in 1876, and the third and final version was written in 1880...

from starbox

You know it's an amazing read when you get through a 350 p novel in a couple of days- this is absolutely up there with Balzac and Trollope (and Spanish author Leopoldo Alas) and is currently joint-first best read of 2019. De Queiros sets the stage for his narrative so brilliantly. A small, gossip...

from lucybrown

For some reason Portugal was never thought of as a literary powerhouse until the latter 20th century, and even great thumping-got-classic-written-all-over-it tomes such as The Crimes of Father Amaro failed to get readership much beyond Portugal and Lusophiles. Why? I have theories, but that is fo...