by Antonio Tabucchi · Edicions 62 · tapa dura · ISBN 9788429742848
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«El cap perdut de Damasceno Monteiro» is the thriller novel by Antonio Tabucchi, published by Edicions 62 in hardcover (208 pages, in Catalan).
An old gypsy finds a severed head on the outskirts of Oporto. A young journalist and a lawyer who defends the poor try to unravel the case, which exposes police corruption and the power of the media in democratic Portugal. The novel combines criminal investigation with a portrait of the city and political commitment.
El Balancí collection. Translation by Josep Julià Ballbé; the Italian original is «La testa perduta di Damasceno Monteiro».
For readers of crime fiction and fans of Antonio Tabucchi; also of interest to those familiar with the world of «Afirma Pereira».
Antonio Tabucchi was an Italian writer and academic who taught Portuguese language and literature at the University of Siena, Italy. Deeply in love with Portugal, he was an expert, critic and translator of the works of Fernando Pessoa from whom he drew the conceptions of saudade, of fiction and of the heteronyms. Tabucchi was first introduced to Pessoa's works in the 1960s when attending the Sorbonne. He was so charmed that when he returned to Italy, he took an introductory course in Portuguese for a better comprehension of the poet.
