by Miguel Sousa Tavares · Oficina do Livro · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789895550135
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«Equador» is the historical novel by Portuguese writer Miguel Sousa Tavares, published by Oficina do Livro in paperback (527 pages, in Portuguese).
In 1905, Luís Bernardo is summoned by King D. Carlos and sent as governor to São Tomé. There he defends plantation workers, confronts Lisbon's interests, and lives a love story. A portrait of Portuguese society in the last days of the Monarchy, between the capital's salons and colonial harshness.
First novel by Miguel Sousa Tavares, published in 2004. It was a candidate for the Grinzane Cavour Prize in 2006.
For readers of historical fiction and Portuguese narrative interested in the end of the Monarchy and colonialism.
