by António Lobo Antunes · Debols!llo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788497935623
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In 'Esplendor de Portugal', António Lobo Antunes presents the story of a Portuguese family marked by the last years of colonial rule in Angola. Through four characters, the novel explores the disintegration and deterioration of their lives, with Rui, Clarisse and Carlos returning to Portugal while their mother, Isilda, clings to her estate in Angola. The work immerses the reader in an atmosphere of waiting and disillusionment, where family ties are strained by shared miseries and the nostalgia of a splendid past that fades into a nightmare.
António Lobo Antunes was a Portuguese novelist and medical doctor. He was awarded the 2000 Austrian State Prize, the 2003 Ovid Prize, the 2005 Jerusalem Prize, the 2007 Camões Prize, and the 2008 Juan Rulfo Prize. Lobo Antunes was repeatedly nominated as a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
