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The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis

The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
  • Author(s): José Saramago
  • Location(s): Portugal
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1930s

The world’s threats are universal like the sun but Ricardo Reis takes shelter under his own shadow. Back in Lisbon after sixteen years practicing medicine in Brazil, Ricardo Reis wanders the rain-sodden streets. He longs for the unattainably aristocratic...

Then Things Went Dark

Then Things Went Dark
  • Author(s): Bea Fitzgerald
  • Location(s): Portugal
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Six people land on a desert island ready to make their reality show debut. The contestants are hungry to prove themselves. The stakes are high and losing is not an option. But three weeks and eighteen episodes later, five...

Women Who Walk, How 20 Women From 16 Countries Came to Live in Portugal

Women Who Walk, How 20 Women From 16 Countries Came to Live in Portugal
  • Author(s): Louise Ross
  • Location(s): Portugal
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): The Present

What compels someone to leave their country of origin, which is the story before their departure? What happens to them on their journey to the new place, which is the story of getting from one place to another? And...

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