| A God Strolling in the Cool of the Evening Contributor(s): de Carvalho, Mario (Author), Rabassa, Gregory (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0802137741 ISBN-13: 9780802137746 Publisher: Grove Press OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2000 Annotation: Winner of the 1996 Pegasus Prize for Literature, this fiction presents a fascinating tale of political rivalries, war, religion, philosophy, and social unrest in the twilight of the Roman Empire. It is a timeless tale of a good man struggling to maintain sense and order in his public and private lives and to uphold justice as he understands it. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Literary Criticism | European - Spanish & Portuguese - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00046268 |
| Series: Pegasus Prize for Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6" W x 9.02" (0.87 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner of the Portuguese Writers' Association Grand Prize for Fiction and the Pegasus Prize for Literature, and a best-seller in Portugal, Mario de Carvalho's A God Strolling in the Cool of the Evening is a vivid and affecting historical novel set at the twilight of the Roman Empire and the dawn of the Christian era. Lucius Valerius Quintius is prefect of the fictitious city of Tarcisis, charged to defend it against menaces from without -- Moors invading the Iberian peninsula -- and from within -- the decadent complacency of the Pax Romana. Lucius's devotion to civic duty undergoes its most crucial test when Iunia Cantaber, the beautiful, charismatic leader of the outlawed Christian sect, is brought before his court. A God Strolling in the Cool of the Evening is a timeless story of an era beset by radical upheaval and a man struggling to reconcile his heart, his ethics, and his civic duty. |