Winner of the José Saramago Literary Award In an unnamed Portuguese village, against a backdrop of severe rural poverty, two generations of men and women struggle with love, violence, death, and—perhaps worst of all—the inescapability of fate. A pair of twins conjoined at the pinky, a 120-year-old wise man, a shepherd turned cuckold by a giant, and even the Devil himself make up the unforgettably oddball cast of The Implacable Order of Things. As these lost souls come together and drift apart, José Luís Peixoto masterfully reveals the absurd, heartbreaking, and ultimately bewitching aspects of human nature in a literary performance that heralds the arrival of an astoundingly gifted and poetic writer.

The Implacable Order of Things

Literature & Fiction

Peixoto, José Luís

Contemporary

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

A mesmerizing tale of love and jealousy by Portugal’s most acclaimed young novelist. Set in an unnamed Portuguese village against a backdrop of severe rural poverty, The Implacable Order of Things is told from the various points of view of two generations of men and women, hardened by hunger and toil and driven by a fate beyond them to fulfill their roles in the never-ending cycle of violence, retribution and death. José, a taciturn shepherd, sees his happiness crumble when “the devil” tells him he is being cuckolded. Old Gabriel offers wise counsel, while a different kind of love story develops concerning Moisés and Elias, conjoined twins attached at the tips of their little fingers. Unable to live without each other, they find their tender communion shattered when Moisés falls in love with the local cook. And, of course, there is the Devil himself. Love may be a luxury, but there are moments of the greatest tenderness among even the most unlikely lovers. Written with subtle prose and powerful imagery, The Implacable Order of Things draws us into this unique and richly textured world. It is a novel of haunting beauty and heralds the arrival of an astoundingly gifted and poetic writer.

The Implacable Order of Things: A Novel

Nan A. Talese

Blank Gaze

Literary

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

Antidote

Short Stories & Anthologies

Writ Large Press

This book is a selection from the three books that I published so far. 'A Child in Ruins' is the title of the first of these books. A Crianca em Ruinas (A Child in Ruins), first published in 2001 A Casa, a Escuridao (The House, the Darkness), first published in 2002 Gaveta de Papeis (Drawer of Papers), first published in 2008 The selection of the poems was made by me with some suggestions by Hugo. 'A Child in Ruins' was awarded the Award of the Portuguese Society of Authors for the best poetry book of that year. 'Gaveta de Papeis' was awarded the Daniel Faria Award for poetry. This is the first time 'A Child in Ruins' has been translated into English."

A Child In Ruins

Poetry

Das Haus im Dunkel

Septime Verlag e.U.

Una preciosa novela sobre el espíritu y la vida de la gente que habita en la pequeña localidad portuguesa de Galveias, al norte de Alentejo.Una noche de enero, una serie de explosiones causan un terrible estruendo en las propiedades del doctor Matta Figueiras. Los vecinos, aturdidos, pronto descubren el impacto de una especie de meteorito. Acto seguido, un intenso olor a azufre lo impregna todo y una persistente lluvia torrencial parece no tener fin. Cualquiera diría que el Universo está decidido a desafiar la cordura de los habitantes de este pueblo llamado GalveiasEsta es la puerta de acceso a la vida de esta comunidad alentejana: los hermanos Cordato, que llevan cincuenta años sin hablarse, o la brasileña Isabella, que además de la panadería regenta el burdel, o el cartero Joaquim Janeiro, conocedor de todos los secretos y que oculta el suyo, o Miau, el tonto del pueblo, o la familia de los Cabeça, pero también los perros, que con sus ladridos trazan su peculiar mapa de las calles. Todos ellos conforman el universo de Galveias, un minucioso retrato de la realidad portuguesa que nos acerca a su identidad más profunda.Bellamente escrita y con una brillante sofisticación formal, la sensibilidad y a la vez la aspereza que nos brinda Peixoto convierten "Galveias" en una de las grandes novelas sobre el mundo rural y confirman a este autor como uno de los escritores portugueses más destacados de su generación, como ya señaló el Premio Nobel José Saramago.ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONOn a regular January evening, the universe jolts the small town of Galveias with a great mystery. A series of explosions have caused a terrible roar in Doctor Matta's properties. His neighbors, stunned and trying to investigate what has happened, discover there has been a meteorite impact that not only releases a suffocating heat, but also covers everything with a horrible and constant sulfuric smell.This is the way we get to access the lives of a great cast of characters and who, one page at a time, build a world for the reader to discover. The small town of Galveias is a snapshot of life, a purifying image of a bleak reality that a country is facing, and one that contributes to its identity.One of the most surprising revelations of Portuguese literature - Jose Saramago

Galveias / Galveias (Spanish Edition)

United States

Literatura Random House

Comida de domingo

Random House]

"Morreste-me" foi o livro que revelou o escritor português José Luís Peixoto. Publicada em 2000, é uma obra tocante e comovente: é o relato da morte do pai, o relato do luto e, ao mesmo tempo, uma homenagem, uma memória redentora. "Um dos escritores mais dotados de seu país." Le monde "Peixoto tem uma extraordinária forma de interpretar o mundo, expressa pelas suas escolhas certeiras de linguagem e de imagens." Times Litterary Supplement

Morreste-me (Portuguese Edition)

Editora Dublinense Ltda

LIVRO VENCEDOR DO PRÊMIO JOSÉ SARAMAGO - O cotidiano de uma vila rural do Alentejo é matéria para o aguçado olhar de José Luís Peixoto sobre o sofrimento humano. Os amores, as traições, a violência, as mortes e o luto atravessam o dia a dia dos personagens, que ganham voz nos múltiplos narradores, aproximando o leitor de sentimentos muito vivos. A cozinheira, o serralheiro, o pastor: eis a história de duas gerações, no livro vencedor do Prêmio José Saramago, que colocou Peixoto entre os mais importantes escritores contemporâneos.No espaço de um ano, entre 2000 e 2001, o autor lançou Morreste-me, este Nenhum olhar e A criança em ruínas. Entre poesia, memória, narração e ficção, em diferentes doses em cada volume, esse trio parece anunciar temas, olhares, formas de expressão e espaços que, com mais ou menos evidência, viriam a surgir na sua obra. Essa espécie de trilogia na obra de José Luís Peixoto atravessa gêneros e funda não só uma literatura, mas um universo. Agora, com esta reedição de Nenhum olhar, as três estreias do autor estão finalmente reunidas no Brasil.

Nenhum olhar (Portuguese Edition)

Editora Dublinense

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