The Fat man and Infinity may be the most easily accessible of his works so far translated and is worthwhile reading for other fans of Lobo if for nothing else giving us insights into what drives this remarkable writer.
Here, in The Fat Man and Infinity, "the heir to Conrad and Faulkner" (George Steiner) reflects on the fractured paradise of his hood—the world of prim, hypocritical, class-riven Lisbon in midcentury.
Mar 01, 2009 · “The Fat Man and Infinity” is a genuine miscellany, roughly half reminiscence or reflection and half very short fiction, that struggles to cohere. Detailed and often lyrical, it is best at
THE FAT MAN AND INFINITY brings those three volumns of crónicas together, superbly translated by Margaret Jull Costa (who has also given us marvelous translations of …
The Fat Man and Infinity: And Other Writings by Antonio Lobo Antunes A lyrical, searing work of autobiography, reflection, and fiction, evoking García Márquez’s memoirs and Pamuk’s Istanbul. António Lobo Antunes’s sole ambition from the age of seven was to be a writer.
Lively, wholly enjoyable memoir by prolific Portuguese novelist Antunes (What Can I Do When Everything’s on Fire?, 2008, etc.).The author confesses to having an ideal reader in his grandmother, who, for complicated reasons, thought he was destined for a priestly, even archiepiscopal career and opened the money box whenever he produced an appropriately religious sonnet.
Get this from a library! The fat man and infinity : and other writings. [António Lobo Antunes; Margaret Jull Costa] — The personal essays and reminiscences of Antonio Lobo Antunes, happily gathered here, provide not only glimpses into Portuguese life but also passages that lead to …
The Fat Man and Infinity & Other Writings, also available from Norton, is a much different book, one of Lobo Antunes’s that is approachable, that is more fun than literary, and that serves as a great introduction to the author’s work.