Grape Harvest

Coimbra, 1952. (Nas oficinas gráficas da «Coimbra Editora, Limitada). In-8º de 86, [2] págs. Br. Primeira edição de um não tão conhecido que viria a dar origem ao bem mais conhecido «Poemas Ibéricos», de 1965 – que aliás deste seu antecedente aproveita directamente várias composiç...

Contos da Montanha (4.ª edição acrescentada, revista e com um prefácio) Coimbra, 1969. (Comp. e imp. na Gráfica de Coimbra). In-8º de 207, [1] págs. Br. “Depois de muitos anos de desterro, regressam novamente ao torrão natal os heróis deste atribulado livro. Numa época em que tanto...

Em tudo o resto igual à anterior, apenas distinguem esta segunda edição a carta-prefácio escrita pelo autor ao “Querido Leitor” e a nova capa de Palla. ...

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Miguel Torga's first novel is a tribute to the Douro, its people and its landscapes. A book for all who love this extraordinary region....

The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza, a wry political satire, was completed in December 1928 and first performed in Warsaw (in Polish) in June 1929. Its English premiere was at the first Malvern Drama Festival in August 1929. It is a satirical comedy about several political philosophies which ar...

When his father died, J. R. Ackerley was shocked to discover that he had led a secret life. And after Ackerley himself died, he left a surprise of his own―this coolly considered, unsparingly honest account of his quest to find out the whole truth about the man who had always eluded him in life. Bu...

Primo Levi’s account of life as a concentration camp prisoner falls into two parts. If This is a Man describes his deportation to Poland and the twenty months he spent working in Auschwitz. The Truce covers his long journey home to Italy at the end of the war through Russia and Central Europe. Lev...

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