by António Lobo Antunes · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788422661153
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«Tratado de las pasiones» is the novel by António Lobo Antunes published by Círculo de Lectores in paperback (394 pages, in Spanish).
The novel pits an investigating judge against Antunes, a childhood friend accused of belonging to a terrorist network. The judicial reunion harks back to the childhood shared at Antunes's grandfather's estate in Benfica, and articulates a story about friendship, betrayal and memory in a climate of political tension.
It is part of the Benfica series, of which it is the first installment. The translation is by Mario Merlino. The work was originally published as «Tratado das Paixões da Alma».
For readers of contemporary Portuguese fiction and of novels about friendship, betrayal and the aftermath of the past in a turbulent political environment.
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.
