by Mário de Carvalho · (417) PORTO EDITORA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789720046123
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«A Liberdade de Pátio» is the short story collection by Mário de Carvalho, published by Porto Editora in paperback (97 pages, in Portuguese).
Seven stories: a man transporting a box with a head, a professor sentenced to an unusual prison, the story of a Portuguese delicacy, four retired professors who unite their libraries, a metro passenger, a naval commander and the sexual initiation of a young man. A narrative sampler by Mário de Carvalho.
Published in 2013, it was awarded the Grande Prémio de Conto Camilo Castelo Branco and the Prémio Literário Fundação Inês de Castro.
Recommended by Portugal's Plano Nacional de Leitura as reading for secondary education.
Mário Costa Martins de Carvalho is a Portuguese playwright and novelist.
