Newly translated by the acclaimed translator Margaret Jull Costa (translator of Jose Saramago'sBlindness), New Directions is proud to bring Eca de Queiros' brilliant prose to life for American readers for the first time. "
Newly translated by the acclaimed translator Margaret Jull Costa (translator of Jose Saramago'sBlindness), New Directions is proud to bring E...
The Relic tells the story of an orphaned young man, Teodorico Raposo, who is brought to Lisbon from a provincial town in Portugal to live with his aunt, a rigid, stern—and oftentimes—forbidding Catholic. Her devout circle of acquaintances is made up almost entirely of priests, many of whom are more concerned with appearances than spirituality, and seeking her and their approval, Teodorico is driven to attend Mass, say rosaries, and frequent churches, all the while awakening to sensuality, women, and the material life in conflict with "Auntie's" devotions, which are—inwardly—devoid of...
The Relic tells the story of an orphaned young man, Teodorico Raposo, who is brought to Lisbon from a provincial town in Portugal to live with his aun...