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It is one of those thrillers that grips you from the very first page: André Braga, an engineer from Póvoa de Varzim working in Dubai, debuts as a crime novelist with “Sem perdão” (Without Forgiveness), the first in a promising series.
Author Rui Zink discusses his new novel 'Olga Salva o Mundo', his creative process, and his perspective on the current state of society and the Portuguese literary scene. The article also features brief reviews of 'Diários de Viagem' by Matsuo Bashô and 'Os Vikings' by Pierre Bauduin.
The American poet and writer questions social status and draws parallels with the worlds of music, sociology, and political theory. We spoke with the author of the book “The Melancholia of Class”.
The books of the week on the bookshelf of Carlos Vaz Marques, Ricardo Araújo Pereira, Pedro Mexia and João Miguel Tavares
Triunfo do Triunfo e Outros Contos Escolhidos is published by Dom Quixote and gathers short stories that the author still likes. The unsettling novel by the Swiss writer arrives in bookstores via Relógio d’Água.
Home Lifestyle 5 new books to read this week 5 new books to read this week This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Under Water by Tara Menon and Judge Stone by James Patterson and Viola Davis.
“O Lugar da Incerteza” by Patrícia Reis enters the world of mental health, exploring the lives that fill a psychiatrist's work and his own.
Readings that leave indelible marks on our lives. An informal conversation about the relationship we develop with books. With Inês Bernardo and José Mário Silva.
The indignities of ageing and the approach of death permeate what has been billed as Julian Barnes's final novel. Opinion by Helena Vasconcelos
What, after all, is the future of the book? Why does it seem we no longer like books? And, in a society that calls itself cultured, to whom will we entrust our libraries? Opinion by Maria Elvira Callapez
We can tally numbers and tell stories, but we can also tell stories with numbers. In this book, everything counts (and can be counted).
This week we discuss books that, at different times and for different reasons, were much talked-about and which signalled a certain virtue. Where did the success come from? And did we actually read them?
Ferment: The Life-Changing Power of Microbes, by the professor of epidemiology at King’s College London, and the first volume of Showa — A History of Japan by the Japanese author are now available in bookshops.
Readings that leave indelible marks on our lives. An informal conversation about the relationship we form with books. With Inês Bernardo and José Mário Silva.
Let's start the year well: the latest book from a great writer, the magic of a broken chair, that film everyone is (still) talking about, and conspiracies turned into a documentary — there's something for everyone.
In the coming months, in the essays category, the forthcoming release of 'Delirium and Dreams' by Sigmund Freud is also worth highlighting.
A new collection devoted to the classics of world literature, which revisits “timeless works that continue to engage in dialogue with the present”, is the publisher Alma dos Livros' project in the year it celebrates its 10th anniversary.
The Portuguese publisher Presença's latest catalogue includes new titles by Claudia Piñeiro, Richard Powers and Toni Morrison.
In this first Pop Up of the new year we tally up our greatest curiosities, the titles generating the most anticipation and the releases we've already marked in our diaries, including films, books and concerts.
Porto Editora's latest list of new titles includes works by Rui Zink, Thomas Mann and José Rodrigues Miguéis.
The book Quotable Vices is a compilation of quotations and aphorisms arranged by theme. On these cold days, it puts us in the pleasant company of people who enjoyed their vices. Column by João Pedro Pereira
They are not gifts, nor are they necessarily recent editions, but they are the books that, for mysterious reasons known only to themselves, chose to be read during the year that is now ending. Opinion piece by Pedro Norton
For those seeking balance on the page in a disoriented world; for those who long for discovery or escape; for those who simply want to read: this is our list of favourite titles of the year.
The Mexican singer-songwriter is one of the highlights in this week’s Pop Up recommendations, along with Taiwanese cinema, Mark Ronson’s memoirs, stories about Portugal and capitalism, and aces in the air.