Gonçalo M Tavares – författare

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

276 kr

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Voyage to India

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

276 kr

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A Voyage to India is the story of Bloom, our hero, as he makes his way from Lisbon to India in a decidedly non-heroic age. Gone are the galleons, gone is god; so too the swords of the swashbuckler and sacerdotal certainty. In such an era, where is wisdom to be found? Bloom-ever deliberate, ever longwinded-takes his time getting to India, stopping first in London, then Paris and elsewhere in Europe, making friends, encountering enemies, recounting his life story, revealing the reasons for his flight from Lisbon and his vague hopes for and nagging fears about what he might find in India. Or within himself. His is a melancholic itinerary, an attempt to learn and forget. As our narrator flatly declares: “Life proceeds and is monstrous.” Parodying The Lusiads, Luis de Camões’s sixteenth-century Portuguese epic of seafaring exploration and naval prowess, Tavares’s poem is a solemn requiem of sorts, an investigation into the psyche of humankind in a world where the advance of technology outpaces our ability (or desire) to theorize it, the search for wisdom has been abandoned, and old imperialist dreams have revealed themselves to be a postcolonial nightmare.

Voyage to India

E-bok

Engelska, 2016

266 kr

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A Voyage to India is the story of Bloom, our hero, as he makes his way from Lisbon to India in a decidedly non-heroic age. Gone are the galleons, gone is god; so too the swords of the swashbuckler and sacerdotal certainty. In such an era, where is wisdom to be found? Bloom—ever deliberate, ever longwinded—takes his time getting to India, stopping first in London, then Paris and elsewhere in Europe, making friends, encountering enemies, recounting his life story, revealing the reasons for his flight from Lisbon and his vague hopes for and nagging fears about what he might find in India. Or within himself. His is a melancholic itinerary, an attempt to learn and forget. As our narrator flatly declares: “Life proceeds and is monstrous.” Parodying The Lusiads, Luis de Camões’s sixteenth-century Portuguese epic of seafaring exploration and naval prowess, Tavares’s poem is a solemn requiem of sorts, an investigation into the psyche of humankind in a world where the advance of technology outpaces our ability (or desire) to theorize it, the search for wisdom has been abandoned, and old imperialist dreams have revealed themselves to be a postcolonial nightmare.

Girl Is Lost in Her Century, Looking for Her Father

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

185 kr

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Winner of the 2026 Formentor Prize for LiteratureAmid a landscape of rubble, skeletal figures, and helplessness in Europe post-World War II, a girl and a man wander among the ruins.Hanna, a 12-year-old girl with Down's Syndrome, is looking for her father. Marius, her companion, seems to be hiding from something. Aided by a simple instruction card, Hanna explores what it is to be human, as Tavares creates an abstract yet touching portrait of the true victims of war.

Girl Is Lost in Her Century, Looking for Her Father

E-bok

Engelska, 2025

251 kr

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In Europe after World War II, amid a landscape of rubble, skeletal figures and almost absolute social and psychological helplessness, a girl and a man wander among the ruins.

Hanna, a 12-year-old girl with Down''s Syndrome, is looking for her father. Marius, her companion, seems to be hiding from something. Aided by a simple instruction card, Hanna launches into the exploration of what a human being is, as Tavares creates an abstract yet touching portrait of the true victims of war.

Herr Calvino und der Spaziergang

Inbunden, Tyska, 2022

190 kr

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Herr Walser und der Wald

Inbunden, Tyska, 2023

190 kr

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Herr Breton und das Interview

Inbunden, Tyska, 2024

190 kr

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Herr Swedenborg und die geometrischen Überlegungen

Inbunden, Tyska, 2025

233 kr

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Herr Eliot und die Vorträge

Inbunden, Tyska

233 kr

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Bucarest-Budapest: Budapest-Bucarest

E-bok

Spanska, 2022

91 kr

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Con gran libertad formal, Tavares nos lleva a un viaje en el que primero seguimos a la joven Martha en sus andanzas por Berlín, luego presenciamosel transporte de una monumental estatua de Lenin desde Bucarest a Budapest, mientras un violinista repatria el cuerpo putrefacto de su madre en sentido inverso…Bucarest-Budapest nos expone sin tregua a la tensión de la elección y a la dificultad de traspasar las fronteras, sean cuales sean sus formas.

Short movies

Häftad, Portugisiska, 2020

654 kr

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A Mulher-Sem-Cabeça e o Homem-do-Mau-Olhado

Häftad, Portugisiska, 2020

326 kr

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Cinco meninos, cinco ratos

Häftad, Portugisiska, 2020

346 kr

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Ernst & Mylia

Häftad, Svenska, 2009

35 kr

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Två udda människor träffas på ett annorlunda sätt i en stad utan namn, där en professor försöker lösa terrorns gåta.

Den första av Tavares Svarta böcker och den enda av dem som översatts till svenska.

Den portugisiske författaren Gonçalo M. Tavares föddes 1970 i Luanda, Angola, och utgav sitt första verk i december 2001. Sedan dess har Tavares produktion varit omfattande och mycket varierande med bland annat romaner, kortprosa, lyrik och barnböcker. Han tar verkligen tempen på samtiden och väver in den i historien. Tavares har tilldelats en stor mängd både portugisiska och internationella utmärkelser, däribland fick romanen Jerusalem, som på svenska heter Ernst & Mylia pris som bästa utländska bok i Frankrike 2010.

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