{"product_id":"fado-alexandrino-paperback","title":"Fado Alexandrino - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAntónio Lobo Antunes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe author of \u003ci\u003eSouth of Nowhere\u003c\/i\u003e, the internationally acclaimed fictionalized memoir of the Angolan war, has now raised a fabulous Lisbon from the ashes of his four failed but unforgettable protagonists, and firmly established his reputation as the century's foremost novelist in the Portuguese language.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the tenth anniversary of the return of their battalion from Mozambique, five men attempt to rekindle the fraternal bond that helped them survive the colonial war that was Portugal's Vietnam. In turn, they tell the stories of their lives before, during, and after the revolution that overthrew the long-lived Salazar dictatorship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFado Alexandrino\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the richest novels to come out of Europe in recent years. Moreover, it reveals a society and culture still too little known to the English-speaking world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e'In this new work by the foremost Portuguese novelist, the reunion of five men on the tenth anniversary of their battalion's return from Mozambique, Portugal's Vietnam, ends in a fatal stabbing - which ultimately serves as an act of liberation for the corrupt city of Lisbon.' Newsday\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAntónio Lobo Antunes\u003c\/b\u003e, who has been called \"one of Portugal's pre-eminent writers\" by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, was born in Lisbon in 1942. The son of a physician, he too became a doctor and then spent four years in the Portuguese army during the Angolan war. His fictional \"memoir\" of that war, \u003ci\u003eSouth of Nowhere\u003c\/i\u003e, was internationally praised and followed by other widely translated and much-honored novels, including \u003ci\u003eAct of the Damned\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFado Alexandrino\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eExplanation of the Birds\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Natural Order of Things\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 497\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.26 x 9.19 x 6.11 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 21, 1995\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53054028873952,"sku":"9780802134219","price":22.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/6XG5wcs8jj9780802134219.webp?v=1781290457","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/fado-alexandrino-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}