by José Rodrigues dos Santos · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9789896166717
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«As flores de lótus» is the novel by José Rodrigues dos Santos, published by Gradiva in 2015 (683 pages, in Portuguese).
A choral novel following four families through the 20th century as authoritarianism spreads across Europe and Asia. A Portuguese captain tries to convince Salazar to stage a coup; a young Japanese man clashes with militarism; a blue-eyed Chinese woman is drawn into war; a Siberian family endures Stalin's collectivizations.
Will appeal to readers of historical fiction who want to see the rise of 20th-century totalitarianisms through family stories.
José António Afonso Rodrigues dos Santos is a Portuguese journalist, novelist and university lecturer. He has been one of the presenters of Telejornal, the evening news program on the Portuguese public television channel RTP1, since 1991. Since the 2000s he has published several thriller and historical fiction novels, becoming a best-selling author in Portugal.
