Three very different and unexpected voices from Portugal – welcome to our Autumn 2011 Portugese Reading Group!
Mário-Henrique Leiria’s name kept coming up when the circle of translators behind this group asked around about comic writers from Portugal. The translator Jethro Soutar was buying another book when a bookseller said, ‘Buy this. You’ll like it.’ He was right. Jethro has translated some of Leiria for us and written about Leiria on the author page. (Links to all author pages below.)
Rui Zink is another Portuguese writer with a strong satirical bent - and what else would you expect from someone who can claim to have translated The Simpsons‘ creator Matt Groening. Margaret Jull Costa, who had already translated a sample of Rui Zink’s writing, suggested we read his new novel, as well as suggesting our third author this time, Ana Teresa Pereira.
Ana Teresa Pereira is famous for the Gothic atmosphere of her novels, which have a clear connection to British and Irish literatures. Nowhere is this clearer than in O verão selvagem dos teus olhos (The Wild Summer of Your Gaze), recommended by Margaret Jull Costa, who also translated the sample on Pereira’s page.
We hope you’ll join us in reading the books. Add your comments to the author pages and we’d love to see you at our London meet-up if you can come.
- Extracts in English are being added to this website where possible – see the relevant author’s page. Copies of the books in the original Portuguese may be available to borrow from And Other Stories, who can also point you to other sources. Email reading@andotherstories.org saying which book you would like to read.
- Read the excerpts, then comment online via the author pages.
- Come to a meet-up (usually in London) to discuss what has been read. You can be sure of lively, well informed discussion.
Reading period:
30 Sept – 9 Nov 2011
Meet-up:
Wednesday 9th November, 6:30 – 8 pm; Canning House, 2 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PJ
and after 8pm socialising in the Star Tavern, 6 Belgrave Mews, SWIX 8HT. (Food served until 9pm.)
And Other Stories Catalogue
