Name: requiem,a hallucination
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Author: Antonio Tabucchi
ISBN: 9780811215176

Type

Physical Book

Author

Antonio Tabucchi

Translated by

Margaret Jull Costa

Publisher

New Directions Publishing Corporation

Language

English

Pages

112

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.1x13x1 cm

Weight

0.11 kg.

ISBN

0811215172

ISBN13

9780811215176

Synopsis "requiem,a hallucination"

In this enchanting and evocative novel, Antonio Tabucchi takes the reader on a dream-like trip to Portugal, a country he is deeply attached to. He spent many years there as director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Lisbon. He even wrote Requiem in Portuguese; it had to be translated into Italian for publication in his native Italy. Requiem's narrator has an appointment to meet someone on a quay by the Tagus at twelve. But, it turns out, not twelve noon, twelve midnight, so he has a long time to while away. As the day unfolds, he has many encounters--a young junky, a taxi driver who is not familiar with the streets, several waiters, a gypsy, a cemetery keeper, the mysterious Isabel, an accordionist, in all almost two dozen people both real and illusionary. Finally he meets The Guest, the ghost of the long dead great poet Fernando Pessoa. Part travelog, part autobiography, part fiction, and even a bit of a cookbook, Requiem becomes an homage to a country and its people, and a farewell to the past as the narrator lays claim to a literary forebear who, like himself, is an evasive and many-sided personality.

Antonio Tabucchi

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Antonio Tabucchi (1943-2012) fue un escritor y académico italiano, considerado una de las voces más destacadas de la literatura europea contemporánea. Su obra combina reflexión política, profundidad filosófica y una clara fascinación por Portugal, país con el que mantuvo una estrecha relación cultural y vital. Su novela más reconocida, Sostiene Pereira, se convirtió en un clásico moderno por su mirada crítica sobre la dictadura salazarista y su defensa de la libertad individual frente a la opresión.

A lo largo de su trayectoria, Tabucchi exploró la identidad, la memoria y los dilemas existenciales en una narrativa elegante y sutil, marcada por la influencia de Fernando Pessoa, de quien fue traductor y estudioso. Entre sus logros literarios recibió reconocimientos como el Premio Campiello y el Premio Médicis Étranger, consolidando su prestigio internacional. Su obra sigue inspirando a lectores que buscan una literatura comprometida con el pensamiento y la dignidad humana.

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