As naus
António Lobo Antunes
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As naus
Published
1988
Publisher
Publicações Dom Quixote
Pages
247
Description
As naus is set in Lisbon as Portugal's African colonies dissolve in the 1970s. In a contemporary rejoinder to Camoes's conquest epic The Lusiads, Antunes imagines the heroes of Portuguese exploration beached amid the detritus of the empire's collapse. Or is it the modern colonials - with their mixed-race heritage and uneasy place in the "fatherland" - who have somehow ended up in sixteenth-century Lisbon? A white colonial who has married a mulatto woman finds that his papers only entitle him to reside in a ratty bordello, where his wife is forced into whoring at a discotheque. A man named Luis, who has returned from Angola in a ship where Cervantes ripped off all of his material for a "foolish" novel called Quixote, waits on the Lisbon pier with his father's dead body in a casket, as the belongings he shipped home from Africa persistently fail to arrive. And as Vasco da Gama, relieved he no longer has to heed the princes' orders to go discover things, begins winning ownership of Lisbon piece by piece in crooked card games, four hundred years of Portuguese history mingle - caravels dock next to oil tankers, and the slave trade abuts the duty-free shops."
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How many pages are in As naus?
This edition of As naus has approximately 247 pages. Please note, this is an estimate and the exact page count can vary between hardcover, paperback, and e-book versions.
How long does it take to read As naus?
For most readers, As naus typically takes between 5h 9m and 3h 26m to complete. This is based on the book's length of approximately 61,750 words and common reading speeds.
Here's a detailed breakdown: • Continuous reading at 250 WPM: approximately 4h 7m of focused reading • Casual reading (30 minutes/day): you could finish in roughly 9 days • Estimated word count: 61,750 words
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What is the word count of As naus?
The estimated word count for As naus is approximately 61,750 words. This figure is calculated using industry-standard methods that consider genre-specific word density patterns, typical formatting and layout characteristics, and standard words-per-page ratios for published books.
This is an approximation — actual word count may vary based on font size, formatting, edition, and the presence of illustrations or charts.
Who is the author of As naus?
As naus was written by António Lobo Antunes.
When was As naus published?
The publication date for this specific edition is 1988. The original work may have been published on a different date.