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O Arquipélago da Insónia

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Começamos por uma casa, pelo sentimento uma força em exercício, um poder que vem de há muito tempo, quando essa casa era igual mas era uma herdade, um latifúndio, quando nada faltava – a família, as empregadas na cozinha, o feitor, os campos, a vila ao fundo, e a voz do avô a comandar o mundo. Agora há fotografias no Alentejo em vez de pessoas, e há objectos, cientes que também acabarão sem ninguém, há memórias de quem dorme, ou morreu, mortos que não sabem se a vida foi vida, há os irmãos, um é autista, e a imagem da mãe muito nítida, sempre de costas “(alguma vez a vi sem ser de costas para mim?)”. Nessa altura já não se sabia a que cheira o vento, como não se sabe para onde foi a Maria Adelaide, morta também, foi para Lisboa? A herdade foi tirada ao autista, e a doença (de quem?) é um arquipélago branco nas radiografias dos outros, um arquipélago normal, inocente. Estão todos mortos ou estão todos a sonhar e trocaram de sonhos, como se pudessemos trocar de sonhos.

263 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

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António Lobo Antunes

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At the age of seven, António Lobo Antunes decided to be a writer but when he was 16, his father sent him to medical school - he is a psychiatrist. During this time he never stopped writing.
By the end of his education he had to join the Army, to take part in the war in Angola, from 1970 to 1973. It was there, in a military hospital, that he gained interest for the subjects of death and the other. The Angolan war for independence later became subject to many of his novels. He worked many months in Germany and Belgium.

In 1979, Lobo Antunes published his first novel - Memória de Elefante (Elephant's Memory), where he told the story of his separation. Due to the success of his first novel, Lobo Antunes decided to devote his evenings to writing. He has been practicing psychiatry all the time, though, mainly at the outpatient's unit at the Hospital Miguel Bombarda of Lisbon.

His style is considered to be very dense, heavily influenced by William Faulkner, James Joyce and Louis-Ferdinand Céline.
He has an extensive work, translated into several languages. Among the many awards he has received so far, in 2007 he received the Camões Award, the most prestigious Portuguese literary award.

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