Fado Alexandrino - (Antunes, Antonio Lobo) by António Lobo Antunes (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>On 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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>On 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.</p> <p>Internationally acclaimed for his fictionalized memoir of the Angolan war, Antunes has, with <em>Fado Alexandrino</em>, raised a fabulous Lisbon from the ashes of his four failed but unforgettable protagonists, and in the process has firmly established his reputation as the century's foremost novelist in the Portuguese language.</p> <p><em>Fado Alexandrino</em> 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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>'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
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