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Carlos however is set on a dead reckoning course with fate?with the love of his life and with a terrible, terrible secret...Newly translated by the acclaimed translator Margaret Jull Costa (translator of José Saramago's ‘Blindness’), New Directions is proud to bring Eça de Queirós' brilliant prose to life for American readers for the first time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEça de Queiroz was born on November 25, 1845, in Póvoa de Varzim and is considered one of the greatest novelists in all of Portuguese literature, the first and main Portuguese realist writer, a profound and insightful author of literary prose.\u003cbr\u003eHe entered the Law Course in 1861, in Coimbra, where he associated with many of the future representatives of the Generation of 70. 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For Pedro, it means searching for himself in the objects his father left behind: the layers that make up his life, and that of his parents, and the circumstances, geographies, and wounds that shaped them all. It’s an archaeology of affections, but also of life in southern Brazil, where being black on the streets of Porto Alegre manifests violences large and small. 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Her novel \u003cem\u003eOf Cattle and Men\u003c\/em\u003e won the UK Republic of Consciousness Prize, the inaugural Cercador Prize for Literature in Translation in the United States, and an English PEN Translates Award. An award-winning Brazilian writer and scriptwriter, she is widely regarded as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary Brazilian fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZoë Perry\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Canadian-American translator who has translated work by several contemporary Portuguese-language authors, including Emilio Fraia, Clara Drummond, Rodrigo de Souza Leão, Lourenço Mutarelli, and Carol Bensimon. Her translations have appeared in the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e , \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e , \u003cem\u003eAstra\u003c\/em\u003e , \u003cem\u003en+1\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Paris Review.\u003c\/em\u003e Zoë was awarded a PEN\/Heim grant for her translation of Veronica Stigger’s \u003cem\u003eOpisanie Swiata\u003c\/em\u003e and was selected for a residency at the Banff International Translation Centre for her translation of Emilio Fraia’s \u003cem\u003eSevastopol\u003c\/em\u003e . Her translation of Ana Paula Maia's \u003cem\u003eOf Cattle and Men\u003c\/em\u003e won the inaugural Cercador Prize for Literature in Translation in 2023. She is a founding member of the Starling Bureau, a translators collective.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: \u003cspan class=\"product-details__metafield\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo. of Pages: \u003cspan class=\"product-details__metafield\"\u003e99\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: \u003cspan class=\"product-details__metafield\"\u003eCharco Press\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: \u003cspan class=\"product-details__metafield\"\u003e9781913867492\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"SAUDADE TORONTO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50115540386015,"sku":null,"price":24.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1251\/1761\/files\/FullSizeRender_87a64a7d-a665-44ce-856f-c0b29d573c63.jpg?v=1781453269"},{"product_id":"on-earth-as-it-is-beaneath","title":"On Earth As It Is Beaneath","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"col-span-1 [ lg:col-span-6 ]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-3 [ lg:mb-10 ] [ last:mb-0 ]\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"last:mb-0 h2\"\u003eAn unsettling novel that sets us among an isolated group of men whose bonds break down in ways both hard to comprehend and impossible to look away from\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[ lg:columns-2 lg:gap-gutter-lg ]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-wysiwyg lg:c-wysiwyg--tight-spacing\"\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eOn land where enslaved people were once tortured and murdered, the state built a penal colony in the wilderness, where inmates could be rehabilitated, but never escape. Now, decades later, and having only succeeded in trapping men, not changing them for the better, its operations are winding down.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eBut in the prison’s waning days, a new horror is unleashed: every full-moon night, the inmates are released, the warden is armed with rifles, and the hunt begins. Every man plans his escape, not knowing if his end will come at the hands of a familiar face, or from the unknown dangers beyond the prison walls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eAna Paula Maia delivers a bracing vision of our potential for violence, and our collective failure to account for the consequences of our social and political action, or inaction. No crime is committed out of view for this novelist, and her raw, brutal power enlists us all as witnesses. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn Earth As It Is Beneath\u003c\/em\u003e was shortlisted for the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/prize-years\/international\/2026\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"859b30c8-9f42-40c6-b6d1-ae5d68968b82\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003eInternational Booker Prize 2026\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"meta col-span-1 [ lg:col-span-6 ] lg:col-start-7 lg:flex lg:justify-end\"\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt class=\"font-semibold\"\u003eShortlisted\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/prize-years\/international\/2026\" hreflang=\"en\"\u003eThe International Booker Prize 2026\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-3 [ lg:mb-10 ] [ last:mb-0 ]\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"last:mb-0 h2\"\u003eAna Paula Maia was born in Nova Iguaçu, Brazil, and is an author and scriptwriter\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[ lg:columns-2 lg:gap-gutter-lg ]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-wysiwyg lg:c-wysiwyg--tight-spacing\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eShe has published seven novels, including \u003cem\u003eO habitante das falhas subterráneas\u003c\/em\u003e (2003), \u003cem\u003eDe gados e homens\u003c\/em\u003e (2013), and the trilogy \u003cem\u003eA saga dos brutos\u003c\/em\u003e, comprising \u003cem\u003eEntre rinhas de cachorros e porcos abatidos\u003c\/em\u003e (2009),\u003cem\u003e O trabalho sujo dos outros\u003c\/em\u003e (2009) and \u003cem\u003eCarvão animal\u003c\/em\u003e (2011). Her books have been published in translation in Germany, Argentina, France, Italy, Serbia, the United States and Spain. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eShe is also the author of many short stories that appear in anthologies and which have been translated into languages including German, Croat, Spanish, English and Italian. Her novel \u003cem\u003eA guerra dos bastardos\u003c\/em\u003e (2007) won praise in Germany as among the best foreign detective fiction. As a scriptwriter she has worked on a wide range of projects for television, cinema and theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe principal influences on her work date back to her childhood, and range from everyday violence to the consumption of books, films and music. She has won the Prêmio São Paulo de Literatura: Melhor Romance do Ano prize two years in a row; in 2018 for her novel \u003cem\u003eAssim na Terra como embaixo da Terra\u003c\/em\u003e and in 2019 for \u003cem\u003eEnterre Seus Mortos\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/authors\/padma-viswanathan\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"31e88f8f-7a9b-4f4c-a3d4-b617abb6738c\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003ePadma Viswanathan’s\u003c\/a\u003e English language translation of her novel \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/books\/on-earth-as-it-is-beneath\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"5bf85f32-cb9a-4fee-85df-e795241f9108\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn Earth As It Is Beneath\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003ewas shortlisted for the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/prize-years\/international\/2026\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"859b30c8-9f42-40c6-b6d1-ae5d68968b82\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003eInternational Booker Prize 2026\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt class=\"inline-block mt-5 font-semibold\"\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"SAUDADE TORONTO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50115543466207,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1251\/1761\/files\/FullSizeRender_ee8b4299-d6cf-49d5-9253-5311833d2e79.jpg?v=1788111259"},{"product_id":"too-much-of-life","title":"Too much of Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe things I’ve learned from taxi drivers would be enough to fill a book. They know a lot: they really do get around. I may know a lot about Antonioni that they don’t know. Or maybe they do even when they don’t. There are various ways of knowing by not-knowing. I know: it happens to me too.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe crônica, a literary genre peculiar to Brazilian newspapers, allows writers (or even soccer stars) to address a wide readership on any theme they like. Chatty, mystical, intimate, flirtatious, and revelatory, Clarice Lispector’s pieces for the Saturday edition of Rio’s leading paper, the \u003cem\u003eJornal do Brasil\u003c\/em\u003e, from 1967 to 1973, take the forms of memories, essays, aphorisms, and serialized stories. Endlessly delightful, her insights make one sit up and think, whether about children or social ills or pets or society women or the business of writing or love. This new, large, and beautifully translated volume, \u003cem\u003eToo Much of Life: The Complete Crônicas\u003c\/em\u003e presents a new aspect of the great writer—at once off the cuff and spot on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: \u003cspan class=\"product-details__metafield\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo. of Pages: \u003cspan class=\"product-details__metafield\"\u003e864\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: \u003cspan class=\"product-details__metafield\"\u003eNew Directions Publishing\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: \u003cspan class=\"product-details__metafield\"\u003e9780811226790\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-details__metafield\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClarice Lispector (1920–1977), the greatest Brazilian writer of the twentieth century, has been called \"astounding\" (Rachel Kushner), \"a penetrating genius\" (Donna Seaman, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ), and \"one of the twentieth century's most mysterious writers\" (Orhan Pamuk). 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