by Antonio Lobo Antunes · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789722013345
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«O Manual dos Inquisidores» is the historical novel by António Lobo Antunes, published by Publicações Dom Quixote in paperback (412 pages, in Portuguese).
After the Carnation Revolution, the work portrays a family linked to the old regime on a large estate in Palmela. The narrative is structured in five accounts, including three from the same character's point of view; recurring characters include the son, the sister, the housekeeper, the father's lover, and the father.
It belongs to the Obras de António Lobo Antunes collection and won the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger in 1997.
For readers of historical and literary fiction interested in contemporary Portugal and polyphonic narratives.
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.
