Jerusalem (Portuguese Literature Series) - Softcover

Goncalo M Tavares

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1564785556 ISBN 13: 9781564785558

Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press, 2009

Synopsis

In the early hours of the morning, a group of lonely men and women wait to be brought together, like the elements in an equation. Ernst Spengler is about to throw himself out his window; Mylia, terminally ill, goes to church; Hinnerk Obst, who is often told he resembles a murderer, walks the streets with a loaded gun. As these characters come together, a world of violence, fear, pain and uncertainty is portrayed, where human nature itself, and the mechanisms determining actions, fictions and the elements of imagination, are laid bare. With an introduction by Jose Saramago.

About this title

Review:

Goncalo M. Tavares burst onto the Portuguese literary scene armed with an utterly original imagination that broke through all the traditional imaginative boundaries. This, combined with a language entirely his own, mingling bold invention and a mastery of the colloquial, means that it would be no exaggeration to say with no disrespect to the young Portuguese novelists writing today that there is very much a before Goncalo M. Tavares and an after . . . I ve predicted that in thirty years time, if not before, he will win the Nobel Prize and I m sure my prediction will come true. --Jose Saramago

Yes, it's bleak but it's also daring, thought-provoking and brilliant. --Daniel Hahn

This is a powerful little book and Dalkey Archive should be commended for bringing it to an anglophone audience. --Toby Lichtig

About the Author:

Goncalo M. Tavares was born in 1970. He has published numerous books since 2001 and has been awarded an impressive number of literary prizes in a very short time, including the Saramago Prize in 2005.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1564785556
• ISBN 13: 9781564785558
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 220