Eça de Queirós
Portuguese novelist and diplomat, a leading 19th-century realist writer known for satirical social critique. Major works include O Crime do Padre Amaro (The Crime of Father Amaro), O Primo Basílio (Cousin Bazilio) and Os Maias (The Maias).
Books
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1. I Maia
A sweeping realist portrait of a once-prominent Portuguese family, following three generations from proud beginnings to decay: the stern patriarch trying to preserve tradition, his son and grandson drifting through leisured, dissipated lives in Lisbon, and the younger man’s passionate, ill-fated romance that culminates in a shocking discovery about kinship; through richly drawn characters, sharp social satire and evocative scenes of urban and rural life, the novel dissects the moral and cultural decline of late-19th-century Portugal while probing themes of heredity, memory, and thwarted desire.
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