by Gonçalo M. Tavares · Caminho · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789722119580
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«Aprender a Rezar na Era da Técnica» is the novel by Gonçalo M. Tavares, published by Caminho in paperback (383 pages, in Portuguese).
The novel follows Lenz Buchmann, a doctor and politician who despises his patients and society, and examines the human condition in the age of technology. The narrative addresses strength, illness and death, as well as the replacement of the divine by supposedly omnipotent techniques, with a sombre view of family and power.
Originally published in 2007, it is the fourth and final instalment of the tetralogy «O Reino», completed by «Um Homem: Klaus Klump», «A Máquina de Joseph Walser» and «Jerusalém»; it won the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger in 2010.
For readers of contemporary Portuguese fiction and novels of ideas with a sombre atmosphere, especially those following the tetralogy «O Reino».
Gonçalo Manuel de Albuquerque Tavares, known professionally as Gonçalo M. Tavares, was born in August, 1970 in Luanda, Angola and is a Portuguese writer and professor of Theory of Science in Lisbon. He published his first work in 2001 and since then has been awarded several prizes. His books have been published in more than 30 countries and the book Jerusalém has been included in the European edition of 1001 Books to Read Before You Die.
