by António Lobo Antunes · Publicações Dom Quixote · tapa blanda · ISBN 5601684888233
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«Explicação dos pássaros» is the novel by António Lobo Antunes, published by Publicações Dom Quixote in paperback, in Portuguese.
The protagonist, Rui S., experiences a deep sense of loneliness and feels disconnected from his family and society. With introspective and poetic prose, the novel portrays his personal disintegration and family tensions within 20th-century Portugal.
The novel originally appeared in 1981; this Portuguese edition was published in 1997.
For Portuguese readers interested in contemporary literature and novels with strong psychological depth.
António Lobo Antunes was a Portuguese novelist and medical doctor. He was awarded the 2000 Austrian State Prize, the 2003 Ovid Prize, the 2005 Jerusalem Prize, the 2007 Camões Prize, and the 2008 Juan Rulfo Prize. Lobo Antunes was repeatedly nominated as a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
