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The return of the caravels : a novel
- Title
- The return of the caravels : a novel / António Lobo Antunes ; translated from the Portuguese by Gregory Rabassa.
- Author
- Antunes, António Lobo, 1942-
- Publication
- New York : Grove Press, ©2002.
- ©1988
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PQ9263.N77 N3813 2002 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Rabassa, Gregory
- Description
- 210 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "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 The Lusiads, Antunes imagines Vasco da Gama and other heroes of Portuguese explorations beached amid the detritus of the empire's collapse. Or is it the modern colonials -- with their mixed-race heritage and uneasy place in the fatherland -- who have somehow ended up in sixteenth-century Lisbon? As da Gama begins winning back ownership of Lisbon piece by piece in crooked card games, four hundred years of Portuguese history mingle -- the caravels dock next to Iraqi oil tankers, and the slave trade rubs shoulders with the duty-free shops. The Return of the Caravels is a startling and uncompromising look at one of Europe's great colonial powers, and how the era of conquest reshaped not just Portugal but the world."--Publisher markting.
- Uniform Title
- Naus. English
- Alternative Title
- Naus.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Historical fiction
- Fiction
- Historical fiction.
- Fiction.
- Romans.
- Note
- "Originally published in Portuguese under the title As Naus by Publicacaoes Dom Quixote, Lisbon"--Title page verso.
- ISBN
- 9780802139559
- 0802139558
- 9780802117083
- 0802117082
- LCCN
- 2001051236
- OCLC
- ocm48045966
- 48045966
- SCSB-1243619
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library