Portugal’s literary scene sees a notable release from Porto Editora’s Dois Mundos collection, offering the ‘Complete Stories’ of Nobel laureate Ernest Hemingway. This essential volume compiles nearly eighty stories, including more than thirty that are published in Portugal for the first time.
The Porto Editora also presents ‘O Neto do Homem Mais Sábio’ by Tomás Guerrero, a literary biography of José Saramago. It features an intriguing dialogue between Saramago, his grandfather Jerónimo, and Pessoa’s heteronym Ricardo Reis, recreated by Saramago.
This narrative blends reality and fiction, revisiting the career of the Portuguese Nobel laureate and highlighting the human and intellectual dimensions of his work, serving as a sensitive tribute to Lusophone literature.
Through Assírio & Alvim, ‘Aquele Belo Rapaz’ by Konstandinos Kaváfis will be released, featuring a complete collection of his poetry, including over a hundred unpublished pieces, translated by José Luís Costa. ‘Obra Poética III’ by António Ramos Rosa, completing the full edition of his work, will also be available.
Another release, ‘Exposto Sobre as Montanhas do Coração’ by Rainer Maria Rilke, celebrates the 150th anniversary of the poet. This collection, translated by Maria Teresa Dias Furtado, includes poems, letters, and unreleased works such as ‘O Testamento’.
Quetzal introduces a new original work by José Tolentino Mendonça titled ‘Para os Caminhantes Tudo é Caminho’, containing writings on the poet’s, priest’s, and professor’s life’s meditations and rituals.
The third and final volume of Vergílio Ferreira’s journals, ‘Conta-Corrente’, covering 1986 to 1992, along with the sixth volume of the Bible, translated directly from Greek by Frederico Lourenço, are other noteworthy releases.
Bertrand presents ‘A História da Contrarrevolução – do 25 de Novembro de 1975 aos Nossos Dias’ by Raquel Varela and Adriano Zilhão. This work places the event into a broader international and nearly global context.
The major biography ‘O Romance de Camilo’ by Aquilino Ribeiro, detailing the life of Camilo Castelo Branco, will be available in a single volume for the first time.
Temas e Debates publishes ‘A inteligência natural & a lógica da consciência’ by António Damásio, proposing a credible hypothesis on the production of consciousness.
The first novel by Jon Fosse after receiving the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature, part of an upcoming trilogy, is a highlight from Cavalo de Ferro this month.
‘Vaim’ narrates a man’s journey by boat to a city to find a needle and thread to sew a button, leading to a romance and ultimately, a poignant departure.
Under Penguin Random House Portugal, the publication of Julio Cortázar’s ‘Complete Stories’ will be concluded with a second volume spanning the years 1969 to 1983.
Additionally, a new edition of ‘The Communist Manifesto’ by Marx and Engels joins the classics, and Companhia das Letras releases the exhibition catalog ‘Complexo Brasil’, dedicated to Brazil at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, featuring texts by several prominent authors.
Antigona introduces ‘A Universidade de Rebibbia’ (1983), continuing the autobiographical cycle of Italian author Goliarda Sapienza, offering a literary account of her time in a women’s prison in Rome.
The Leya group offers numerous November releases, including a biography of Anthony Hopkins, ‘Correu bem, miúdo’, focusing on his career in theater and film, childhood, and path to sobriety, enriched with personal photographs.
Dom Quixote publishes the previously unseen letters of John le Carré in ‘Um Espião em Privado. As Cartas de John Le Carré’, while Oficina do Livro launches Hugo van der Ding’s ‘Uma família surreal’, bringing humor to the tales of Portuguese royalty.
Guerra e Paz features ‘Face ao Obscurantismo Woke’, a controversial work defending academic freedom, and ‘A China de Xi Jinping – Uma Ameaça à Paz e à Ordem Mundial’, assessing China’s current leader’s hegemony.
Sónia Neto’s ‘Bicesse: O Caminho da Paz’ includes 22 testimonies on the negotiations leading to the 1991 Bicesse Agreements, and Luís Filipe Castro Mendes deconstructs foreign countries in his reflective literary work.
Presença introduces ‘Antes de Desaparecer’ by Harlan Coben and Reese Witherspoon and ‘Breve História da Roma Antiga’ by Ross King.
In the genre of Comics, the publisher unveils ‘Fragmentos do Terror’, a new manga from Junji Ito, and ‘Espíritos e Criaturas do Japão’ by Lafcadio Hearn and Benjamin Lacombe, exploring the mythical creatures of Japan.
Marcador releases ‘Com Amor, Freddie’ by Lesley-Ann Jones, compiling the unpublished diaries from the last 15 years of Freddie Mercury’s life.
Edições 70 presents ‘Viver Como Um Marxista – Porque é Que Marx é Uma Droga Que Provavelmente Deveríamos Consumir’ by Andrew Pendakis, and ‘Imitação de Cristo’ by Tomás de Kempis, the world’s most translated book after the Bible.
Tinta-da-China showcases ‘Bonecos para o Povo’ by Pedro Piedade Marques, the first major study of João Abel Manta’s graphic work, alongside ‘Mário Soares, Um Homem Inteiro’, a photo album by his official photographer with texts by several noted contributors.
At Relógio d’Água, upcoming titles include ‘Candeia Coração’ by Banu Mushtaq, ‘Pergunta 7’ by Richard Flanagan, and Jenny Erpenbeck’s new novel ‘Visitação’. Additional noteworthy releases include ‘Jane Austen: Uma Biografia’ by Claire Tomalin, ‘O Fim dos Estados Unidos da América’ by Gonçalo M. Tavares, Cristina Carvalho’s biographic novel on Marguerite Yourcenar, and H. G. Cancela’s ‘Matilde’.
