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A lyrical, searing work of autobiography, reflection, and fiction, evoking García Márquez's memoirs and Pamuk's Istanbul.

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"The personal essays and reminiscences of António Lobo Antunes, happily gathered here, provide not only glimpses into Portuguese life but also passages that lead to the heart of experience itself. His descriptive quickness and his genius for metaphor cause the line between prose and poetry to vanish before our astonished eyes." -- Billy Collins
"Lobo Antunes’ sketches are alive with the poetry of the everyday, and tinged with the gentlest of self-mockery." -- J M Coetzee

The Fat Man and Infinity And Other Writings

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      Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/02/2009
      ISBN13: 9780393061987, 978-0393061987
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A lyrical, searing work of autobiography, reflection, and fiction, evoking García Márquez's memoirs and Pamuk's Istanbul.

      Trade Review
      "The personal essays and reminiscences of António Lobo Antunes, happily gathered here, provide not only glimpses into Portuguese life but also passages that lead to the heart of experience itself. His descriptive quickness and his genius for metaphor cause the line between prose and poetry to vanish before our astonished eyes." -- Billy Collins
      "Lobo Antunes’ sketches are alive with the poetry of the everyday, and tinged with the gentlest of self-mockery." -- J M Coetzee

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