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From Agora e na hora da nossa morte

Written in Portuguese by Susana Moreira Marques

Also in: English, Italian, French

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Na mesinha de cabeceira, um relógio marca as horas da medicação. Ninguém parece reparar na ironia de ter um relógio à cabeceira de um moribundo. — No país para onde emigrou diz‐se que as pessoas vão para o céu. Em casa, em pequena, ouvia dizer: morreu, e já não torn

Other Portraits of Solitude

Written in English by Susana Moreira Marques

Also in: Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

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Consider this: you arrive in a new city, a different country, a different part of the world. You try to understand it in just a few days, to write about it, condense it. You want to build a bridge and cross it, though culture and history can keep you apart from

Outros Retratos de Solidão

Translated into Portuguese by Susana Moreira Marques

Written in English by Susana Moreira Marques

Also in: English, Italian, Spanish

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Pensa nisto: chegas a uma cidade nova, a um país diferente, a uma parte do mundo diferente. Tentas compreender uma realidade em poucos dias, escrever sobre ela, condensá-la. Queres construir uma ponte e ao mesmo tempo atravessá-la, embora possas estar separada por