by Antonio Tabucchi · Editorial Anagrama · tapa dura · ISBN 9788433908469
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«La cabeza perdida de Damasceno Monteiro» is the mystery novel by Antonio Tabucchi, published by Editorial Anagrama in hardback (192 pages, in Spanish).
Firmino, a young Lisbon journalist, travels to Oporto to investigate the discovery of a decapitated corpse. Guided by lawyer Loton, he uncovers a web of police corruption, drugs and marginalisation. The novel blends the thriller with journalistic reportage and ethical reflection on an apparently civilised Europe.
It belongs to the Panorama de narrativas collection (number 376) and features a translation by Carlos Gumpert and Xavier González Rovira.
For fans of Antonio Tabucchi and of the mystery novel with a social backdrop.
Antonio Tabucchi was an Italian writer and academic who taught Portuguese language and literature at the University of Siena, Italy. Deeply in love with Portugal, he was an expert, critic and translator of the works of Fernando Pessoa from whom he drew the conceptions of saudade, of fiction and of the heteronyms. Tabucchi was first introduced to Pessoa's works in the 1960s when attending the Sorbonne. He was so charmed that when he returned to Italy, he took an introductory course in Portuguese for a better comprehension of the poet.
