| The Fat Man and Infinity: And Other Writings Contributor(s): Lobo Antunes, António (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393061981 ISBN-13: 9780393061987 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $24.26 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2009 Annotation: Antunes' sole ambition from the age of seven was to be a writer. In his memoir, written over 30 years in chronicle form, he reflects on the fractured paradise of his childhood--the world of prim, hypocritical, class-riven Lisbon in mid-century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Literary Criticism | European - Spanish & Portuguese |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2008041551 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.8" W x 8.3" (1.30 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Cultural Region - Portuguese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: António Lobo Antunes's sole ambition from the age of seven was to be a writer. Here, in The Fat Man and Infinity, the heir to Conrad and Faulkner (George Steiner) reflects on the fractured paradise of his childhood--the world of prim, hypocritical, class-riven Lisbon in midcentury. His Proust-like memoirs, written over thirty years in chronicle form, pass through the filter of an adult who has known war and pain, and bear witness to the people whom he loved and who have gone into the dark. Stunningly translated by Margaret Jull Costa, in prose that glides like poetry, this is a modern-day chronicle of Portugal's imperfect past and arresting present, seen through the eyes of a master fiction writer, one on a short list to win a Nobel Prize. Readers particularly touched by Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes will be drawn to this journey into the heart of one of our greatest living writers. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lobo Antunes, Antonio: - António Lobo Antunes, born in 1942 in Benfica, is considered to be Portugal's greatest living writer. The author of more than twenty novels, including What Can I Do When Everything's On Fire?, he has won many awards and makes his home in Lisbon. |