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Antonio Lobo Antunes

Antonio Lobo Antunes was born in Lisbon in 1942. His novels include What Can I Do When Everything’s On Fire? (2001) and The Inquisitor’s Manual (2004). He has also written extensively (in Portuguese) on Lewis Carroll. ‘South of Nowhere’, appearing in Granta 6, was his first work published in English.

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Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition

War Letters

António Lobo Antunes

‘I’m doing my best to survive all this, but sometimes I feel so homesick that words simply empty of meaning.’

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South of Nowhere

Antonio Lobo Antunes

‘If you and I were anteaters, instead of a man and a woman talking to each other in this corner of the bar, perhaps I would then be able to accustom myself to your silence.’

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