The Fat Man and Infinity: And Other Writings by Lobo Antunes, António

The Fat Man and Infinity: And Other Writings

António Lobo Antunes's sole ambition from the age of seven was to be a writer. Here, in...
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Author: António Lobo Antunes
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The Fat Man and Infinity: And Other Writings by Lobo Antunes, António

The Fat Man and Infinity: And Other Writings

$71.20

The Fat Man and Infinity: And Other Writings

$71.20
Author: António Lobo Antunes
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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.

Author: António Lobo Antunes
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 02/01/2009
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780393061987


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2008 pg. 1233
Booklist 01/01/2009 pg. 35
New York Times Book Review 03/01/2009 pg. 11
Library Journal 05/01/2009 pg. 76
New Yorker (The) 05/04/2009 pg. 69

About the Author
Lobo Antunes, António: - 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.

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