by Mário de Carvalho · Seix Barral. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432247897
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«Un dios pasea en la brisa de la tarde» is the historical novel by Mário de Carvalho, published by Seix Barral in paperback (287 pages, in Spanish).
It is a historical novel set in the twilight of the Roman Empire: Lucius Valerius Quinctius, prefect of the fictional city of Tarcisis, must protect it from the incursions of the Moors on the Iberian Peninsula and from the internal crisis of the Pax Romana. His duty falters when Iunia Cantaber, leader of a forbidden Christian sect, appears before his tribunal.
The translation from Portuguese is by Basilio Losada. The original title of the work is «Um deus passeando pela brisa da tarde». The novel received the Grande Prémio de Romance e Novela APE/IPLB in 1994.
It is aimed at readers of historical novels set in Late Antiquity and of contemporary Portuguese literature.
Mário Costa Martins de Carvalho is a Portuguese playwright and novelist.
