by Almeida Faria · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9789722100519
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«O Conquistador» is the novel by Portuguese writer Almeida Faria, published by Editorial Caminho in paperback (134 pages, in Portuguese).
After a great storm, a lighthouse keeper finds a child in a giant eggshell on Adraga beach. The discovery coincides with the fourth centenary of the birth of King Sebastian of Portugal, so they call him Sebastian. Unlike the historical monarch, he grows up devoted to the arts of love, on a campaign against sadness and monotony.
The novel was originally published in 1990 (ISBN 9789722100519).
For readers of contemporary Portuguese fiction, with a sensual tone and references to the figure of King Sebastian.
