مؤلف: Margaret Jull Costa

From one of the finest short-story writers in Spanish, this is the first anthology of his work to appear in English. Like Anton Chekhov and Katherine Mansfield, Medardo Fraile is a chronicler of the …

The classic locked room detective novel which still baffles today. Das E-Book wird angeboten von und wurde mit folgenden Begriffen kategorisiert: …

One night at the theatre, Vitor da Silva, a young law graduate, sees a strikingly beautiful woman. Her name is Genoveva. Originally from Madeira, she has lived for many years in Paris. Her rich Frenc …

‘The greatest book by Portugal’s greatest novelist.’ Saramago Das E-Book The Maias wird angeboten von Dedalus und wurde mit folgenden Begriffen kategorisiert: …

The Mandarin is a satire on avarice published with the stories' Jose Matia's, 'The Idiosyncrasies of a Young Blonde Woman' and ' The Hanged Man'. …

Cousin Bazilio – A tale of sexual folly and hypocrisy set in 19th c Lisbon Das E-Book wird angeboten von und wurde mit folgenden Begriffen kategorisiert: …

Father Amaro sours for ever the life of the young Amelia   Set in Leira, Portugal in the 1870s, follows the love affair of young Father Amaro with nubile Am elia, and their interactions with Am elia& …

The classic locked room detective novel which still baffles today. Das E-Book The Road to Darkness wird angeboten von Dedalus und wurde mit folgenden Begriffen kategorisiert: …

Teodoric goes in search of a relic in the holy Land to please his aunt. Teodorico Raposo, the novel’s anti-hero, is a master of deceit; one minute feigning devotion in front of his rich, pious aunt, …

A satire on modernity and city life compared to the joys of the countryside. Das E-Book The City and the Mountains wird angeboten von Dedalus und wurde mit folgenden Begriffen kategorisiert: …

Gathered for the first time in English and spanning his entire career, Vampire in Love offers a selection of the Spanish master Enrique Vila-Matas’s finest short stories. An effeminate, hunchbacked b …

Erotic and enigmatic novel in fin-de-siecle Paris which teases the reader. ‘An enigmatic love triangle riddled with madness and jealousy, set in fin de siecle Paris and Lisbon, and its translation re …

A vampire with a conscience in a gothic outsider classic. The Revenants is a masterpiece of classic Gothic horror. Das E-Book The Revenants wird angeboten von Dedalus und wurde mit folgenden Begriffe …

Teolinda Gersão paints an extraordinarily evocative picture of childhood in Africa and the stark contrast between warm, lush, ebullient Mozambique and the bleak, poor, priggish Portugal of Salazar. …

Potugal’s first detective novel which now has classic status Das E-Book The Mystery of the Sintra Road wird angeboten von Dedalus und wurde mit folgenden Begriffen kategorisiert: …

Two fin-de-siecle tales of love and passion for the amorous marquis. Das E-Book Spring and Summer Sonatas wird angeboten von Dedalus und wurde mit folgenden Begriffen kategorisiert: …

More amorous adventures for the mature marquis in Spain. The scene has shifted from verdant Italy and steamy Mexico to rainy Galicia and wintry Navarre and the court of the pretender Carlos during th …

Take Six is a celebration of six remarkable Portuguese women writers: Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Agustina Bessa-Luís, Maria Judite de Carvalho, Hélia Correia, Teolinda Gersão and Lídia Jorge. …

This is the first English translation of The Adventures of the Ingenious Alfanhui, a picaresque novel in which the hero, a magical little boy, goes in search not of his fortune but of knowledge, grow …

Winner of the 2017 Best Translated Book Award Longlisted for the 2017 National Translation Award’The book itself is strange—part Faulknerian meditation on the perversities, including sexual, of degen …

The bestselling novel from international literary phenomenon Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist.A chance meeting in Rio takes Maria to Geneva, where she dreams of finding fame and fortune, yet end …

A collection of inspirational thoughts and stories from bestselling author of The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho.A collection of insightful philosophical thoughts and stories, in which Paulo Coehlo offers i …

A novel from internationally acclaimed author Paulo Coelho – a dramatic story of love, life and death that shows us all why every second of our existence is a choice we all make between living and dy …

The buzzing life of bars, warm evenings by the Manzanares river, the subterranean terrors of the Metro, icy winters and hot, empty summers, student days in the sixties, the ruthless underworld of the …

The buzzing life of bars, warm evenings by the Manzanares river, the subterranean terrors of the Metro, icy winters and hot, empty summers, student days in the sixties, the ruthless underworld of the …

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The denizens of a rundown building in 1940s Lisbon come to sparkling life in this lost early novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author of Blindness. The renowned Portuguese author Jose Saramago was at …

This novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author asks what happens when the grim reaper decides to stop reaping: “A novel to die for.”—The Washington Post   On the first day of the …

“The Portuguese Nobel Prize winner’s delightful posthumous novel recounts the [16th century] travels of an Indian elephant…from Lisbon to Vienna” (The New Yorker).In 1551, Ki …

A “winkingly blasphemous retelling of the Old Testament” by the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Gospel According the Jesus Christ (The New Yorker). In José Saramago final novel, …

From a Nobel Prize winner: “A psychological, even metaphysical thriller that will keep you turning the pages . . . with growing alarm and alacrity.” —The Seattle …

The Nobel Prize-winning author of Blindness recalls the days of his youth in Lisbon and the Portuguese countryside in this charming memoir.Jose Saramago was eighteen months old when he moved from the …

A strange protest triggers a descent into paranoia and chaos in this “illuminating parable”—a sequel to the Nobel Prize-winning author’s Blindness (Ursula K. Le Guin, The Guar …

This collection, available exclusively in e-book form,  brings together the twelve novels (and one novella) of the great Portuguese writer José Saramago, with an introductory essay by Ursul …

A family of Portuguese farmers struggle to survive as world events pass them by in "a novel that resounds with relevance for our own time" (New York Times Book Review).Winner of the City of …

Nevada Days is a fictionalised account of Atxaga’s nine months’ stay as writer-in-residence at the Centre for Basque Studies at the University of Nevada. He is accompanied by his wife, ngela, who is …

A frustrated publisher receives a mysterious angst-ridden manuscript: ‘a friend’ must send it in installments; its contents would put the author in danger. As he pieces together the story, he learns …

Ernesto Dur n is convinced he is sick. It becomes an obsession far exceeding hypochondria, and when Dr Andr s Miranda gives up responding to his letters and e-mails, Dur n resolves to stalk him. The …

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Lisbon, late-1940s. The inhabitants of an old apartment block are struggling to make ends meet. There s the elderly shoemaker and his wife who take in a solitary young lodger; the woman who sells her …

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Written over the course of Fernando Pessoa’s life, The Book of Disquiet was first published in 1982, pieced together from the thousands of individual manuscript pages left behind after his death in 1 …

Sitting at his desk, Bernardo Soares imagined himself free forever of Rua dos Douradores, of his boss Vasques, of Moreira the book-keeper, of all the other employees, the errand boy, the post boy, ev …

Unexplained blood stains appear in a young couple’s apartment; a disembodied hand is found in a rubbish dump; political prisoners resort to horrific measures in order to make a point.In this brillian …

The Infatuations is a metaphysical murder mystery and a stunningly original literary achievement by Javier Mar as, the internationally acclaimed author of A Heart So White and Your Face Tomorrow.Ever …

A new and exhilarating collection of writings from the author of The Infatuations and A Heart So White Internationally renowned writer Javier Marias is a tireless examiner of the world around us, an …

“A sleek, sophisticated, madly clever chamber mystery” from the international bestselling author—the basis for the film Uncovered starring Kate Beckinsale (The New York Times Book R …

The Accordionist’s Son is a remarkably powerful and accomplished novel, exploring the life of David Imaz, a former inhabitant of the Basque village of Obaba, now living in exile and ill-health on a r …

For two years Solomon the elephant has lived in Lisbon. Now King Dom Jo o III wishes to make him a wedding gift for a Hapsburg archduke in Vienna. The only way for Solomon to get to his new home is t …

This early work is deeply personal and Jos Saramago ‘s most autobiographical, following the changing fortunes of the Mau-Tempo family poor, landless peasants not unlike the author s own grandparents. …

1903, and Captain Lalande Biran, overseeing a garrison on the banks of the Congo, has an ambition: to amass a fortune and return to the literary caf s of Paris. His glamorous wife Christine has a fur …

After killing his brother Abel, Cain must wander for ever. He witnesses Noah’s ark, the destruction of the Tower of Babel, Moses and the golden calf. He is there in time to save Abraham from sacrific …

A delightful insight into the formation of an artist who would become one of the world’s most respected writers.Born in 1922 in the tiny Portuguese village of Azinhaga, Jos Saramago was only a baby w …

Watching a rented video, Tertuliano Maximo Afonso is shocked to notice that one of the actors is identical to him in every physical detail. He embarks on a secret quest to find his double and sets in …

In an unnamed country, on the first day of the New Year, people stop dying. There is great celebration and people dance in the streets. They have achieved the great goal of humanity: eternal life. So …

Despite the heavy rain, the officer at Polling Station 14 finds it odd that by midday on National Election day, only a handful of voters have turned out. Puzzlement swiftly escalates to shock when th …

I often dreamed about the moment of the fall, a silence that lasted a second, possibly two, a room full of sixty people and no one making a sound, as if everyone were waiting for my classmate to cry …

‘A…humane and very beautiful book’Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to You A young boy has fled his home. Crouched in his hiding place he hears the shouts of the men hunting him. When the sea …

Irene is 37 years old and just out of prison after serving time for terrorist activities. Deciding to return home to Bilbao, she takes a bus journey across Spain, striking up conversations with the p …

‘The Fall is a moving portrait of a relationship with a child and a place. It is a rare book: by turns heartbreaking, angry and lyrical’ Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare With Amber Eyes. Step 1: Ti …

The acclaimed novel of Spain’s economic crisis – a timely masterpiece. Under a weak winter sun in small-town Spain, a man discovers a rotting corpse in a marsh. It s a despairing town filled with hal …

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE Enrique Vila-Matas’s new novel is perhaps his greatest: ‘playful and funny and among the best Spanish novelists’ Colm T ib n Sixty-something Mac is …

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The stories included in this collection are classics of children's literature and have been cherished by generations of Portuguese children. This is the first time these stories have been transl …

One dark and stormy night, Mo hears her Inner Voice urging her to begin writing her memoirs. Having ignored her Inner Voice’s advice once before, with near-fatal consequences, she decides, this time, …

Vivaldo Bonfim was a bored book-keeper whose main escape from the tedium of his work was provided by novels. In the office, he tended to read rather than work, and, one day, became so immersed in a b …

“Is it possible that the most modern, most startlingly avant-garde novel to appear this year was originally published in 1881?”—Parul Sehgal, New York Times   Now considered a progenitor of Sout …

An unflinching portrait of a priest who seduces his landlady’s daughter, made into an acclaimed and controversial motion picture. Eça de Queirós’s novel The Crime of Father Amaro is a lurid satire of …

A dozen unforgettable stories by “one of the most original writers at work today” (Wyatt Mason, The New York Times Book Review). Slippery figures in anomalous situations — ghosts, spies, bodyguards, …

An affectionate and very funny gallery of twenty great world authors from the pen of ‘the most subtle and gifted writer in contemporary Spanish literature’ (The Boston Globe). In addition to his own …

A private meeting, chance encounters, and a mysterious tour of Lisbon, in this brilliant homage to Fernando Pessoa. In this enchanting and evocative novel, Antonio Tabucchi takes the reader on a drea …

On the Edge is a monumental fresco of a brutal contemporary Spain in free fall On the Edge opens with the discovery of a rotting corpse in the marshes on the outskirts of Olba, Spain—a town wracked b …

“Arguably Spain’s most significant contemporary literary figure” (Joanna Kavenna, The New Yorker) Gathered for the first time in English, and spanning his entire career, Vampire in Love offers a sele …

A daring masterwork by Javier Marias: ‘Spain’s most subtle and gifted writer.’ (The Boston Globe) Part spy novel, part romance, part Henry James, Your Face Tomorrow is a wholly remarkable display of …

A book unlike any other, a daring experiential unfolding Spanish masterpiece, Your Face Tomorrow now leaps into uncharted new territory in Volume Two: Dance and Dream. Your Face Tomorrow, Javier Mari …

Your Face Tomorrow, Javier Marías’s daring novel in three parts culminates triumphantly in this much-anticipated final volume. Poison, Shadow, and Farewell, with its heightened tensions between medit …

In a brilliant new translation, the wonderful penultimate novel by Eça de Queirós: “Portugal’s greatest novelist” (José Saramago) The Illustrious House of Ramires, presented here in a sparkling new t …

New York Times Critics’ Best of the Year A landmark event, the complete stories of Machado de Assis finally appear in English for the first time in this extraordinary new translation. Widely acclaime …

For the first time—and in the best translation ever—the complete Book of Disquiet, a masterpiece beyond comparison The Book of Disquiet is the Portuguese modernist master Fernando Pessoa’s greatest l …

Enrique Vila-Matas’s new novel is perhaps his greatest: “playful and funny and among the best Spanish novelists” (Colm Tóibín) Mac is currently unemployed and lives on his wife’s earnings. An avid re …

Winner of the Premio Reina Sofia for Poetry Poems of effervescent grace from one of the best-known and best-loved poets of Portugal With the elliptical looping of a butterfly alighting on one’s sleev …

This “watershed collection” (Wall Street Journal) now appears in an essential selected paperback edition, with twenty-six of Machado’s finest stories. Widely acclaimed as “the greatest writer ever pr …

A bilingual companion to The Book of Disquiet, by Fernando Pessoa  Here, in Margaret Jull Costa and Patricio Ferrari’s splendid new translations, are the complete poems of Alberto Caeiro, the im …

A keen-eyed evocation of the narrow world of 19th-c bourgeois Oporto, and more importantly, it is a brilliant account of a family life, in all its flawed beauty …

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This exciting collection celebrates the richness and variety of the Spanish short story, from the nineteenth century to the present day.Featuring over fifty stories selected by revered translator Mar …

‘A funny, sad novella about how we got here from there, and how, in our youth, "our eyes saw things differently"’ The Times A private meeting, chance encounters and a mysterious tour of Lis …

From the winner of the prestigious FIL Prize in Romance Languages comes this masterpiece saga, set in the twilight of the late twentieth century, of two clashing families in coastal Portugal. With th …

“A compact, merciless tragedy… I read this novel with something resembling a rapturous grief.” —Kate Zambreno For ten years Dora has ritualistically mourned her husband’s death, a pointless ritual th …

A story of intertwining lives that, like water, run between stones.From childhood friends in a bakery in the mining town of Ugarte, Basque Country, to a group of comrades and their pet magpie in a mi …

A TLS Book of the Year This exhilarating collection of non-fiction sees one of the greatest twentieth-century writers meditating on the moments that make up a life’How did I so unwittingly transform …

In the magnificent feast of Clarice Lispector’s books, her crônicas—short, intensely vivid newspaper pieces—are the delicious canapés The things I’ve learned from taxi drivers would be enough to fill …

The thought-provoking new novel from the international bestselling author whose words change lives. Linda knows she’s lucky. Yet every morning when she opens her eyes to a so-called new day, she feel …

Poems of effervescent grace—about nature, magpies, reality, “the unreasons of this world, ” and spiders—from one of Portugal’s most beloved poets, published in a beautiful bilingual edition World—Ana …

An elegiac tale of lost innocence and the ruthlessness of the natural world, where the hunter all too soon becomes the prey. As he dies leaving his two boys orphans, Paulo’s father lays on him the du …

A companion volume to Fernando Pessoa’s The Book of Disquiet and The Complete Works of Alberto Caeiro Álvaro de Campos is one of the most influential heteronyms created by Portugal’s great modernist …

A masterpiece of realism, Machado de Assis’s Dom Casmurro probes the mind of a distrustful husband with delusions of grandeur. Originally published in 1899, Dom Casmurro is widely considered to be Jo …

BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ACCORDING TO GUARDIAN AND THE SPECTATOR The final novel from one of the greatest writers of the past half century’No-one nowadays writes prose like Javier Mar as . . . If you’re …

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Maria Judite de Carvalho (1921-1998) is now recognized as a major Portuguese writer of the twentieth century. In the short story she found the perfect vessel for her frank depictions of tragic, ordin …

A satirical tale of a young man flush with newfound wealth who promptly gets swindled, Quincas Borba is an inspired critique of nineteenth-century Brazil. Hailed in his lifetime as one of Latin Ameri …

Ismael, a successful novelist, has been suffering from writer’s block for two years, trying to get inside his female narrator’s head and failing. However, he tells no one about this problem and conti …

This collection of stories, José Régio’s controversial masterpiece Histórias de Mulheres, is here translated for the first time into English. Régio creates a gallery of women – women who are outsider …

Mar a Margarita, a young woman who lives in a mining town in the heart of the Chilean Atacama desert in the 1960s, has had the gift of telling movies since she was a child.When a film starring Marily …

A riveting selection of short stories in Spanish alongside their English translations This new dual-language edition of ten stories selected from The Penguin Book of Spanish Short Stories celebrates …

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