The six authors in this anthology are remarkable Portuguese women writers, all born in the first...
The Double
Watching a rented video, Tertuliano Maximo Afonso is shocked to notice that one of the actors is...
Caesaria
In nineteenth century Sweden, gynaecology is an emerging discipline. The female body appears as a...
The Gospel According to Jesus Christ
Saramago's Jesus is the son not of God but of Joseph. Mary Magdalene is his lover not his convert....
So You Don’t Get Lost in the Neighbourhood
"Children never ask themselves any questions. Many years afterwards, we attempt to solve puzzles...
I Don’t Expect Anyone to Believe Me
From the author of Down The Rabbit Hole. 'I don't expect anyone to believe me,' warns the narrator...
The Heart of a Dog
A world-famous Moscow professor befriends a stray dog and resolves to achieve a daring scientific...
Death on Credit
"The most blackly humourous and disenchanted voice in all of French literature..." London Review...
Two Women
As the German army prepares to enter Rome, widowed shopkeeper Cesira packs a few provisions, sews...
Iron in the Soul
The third part of Sartre's trilogy, Roads to Freedom. June 1940 was the summer of defeat for the...
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