Gonçalo M. Tavares

1 series 3 books in order

Gonçalo M. Tavares is a Portuguese writer and professor of Theory of Science in Lisbon. He published his first work in 2001 and has since been awarded several prizes; his books have been published in more than 30 countries, and Jerusalém was included in the European edition of 1001 Books to Read Before You Die. His credits in our catalog include Jerusalém, A máquina de Joseph Walser, and Água, cão, cavalo, cabeça.

Born
1970
Known for
O campo da palavra

Series by Gonçalo M. Tavares

O campo da palavra

20 books in order · 1982–2009

  1. Memorial do Convento

    1982 · José Saramago

    Once there was a king who promised to build a convent in Mafra. Once there were the people who built that convent. Once there was a one-handed…

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  2. Cover of História do cerco de Lisboa

    História do cerco de Lisboa

    1989 · José Saramago

    Raimundo Silva, a proofreader at a Portuguese publishing house, alters a key word in a text so it reads that in 1147 the king of Portugal reconquered…

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  3. Cover of Ensaio Sobre a Cegueira

    Ensaio Sobre a Cegueira

    1995 · José Saramago

    A white blindness spreads suddenly and overwhelmingly among a population. Those affected are placed in quarantine or wander lost through the city,…

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  4. O círculo virtuoso

    1996 · Maria Isabel Barreno

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  5. Cover of Todos os nomes

    Todos os nomes

    1997 · José Saramago

    Senhor Jose is a clerk at the Central Registry, where records of the birth, marriage, and death of the city's entire population are stored. He…

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    The Double

    2002 · José Saramago

    A divorced, depressed history teacher becomes obsessed with a man who looks exactly like he did five years earlier after seeing him in a video…

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  7. Cover of A máquina de Joseph Walser

    A máquina de Joseph Walser

    2004 · Gonçalo M. Tavares

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  8. Cover of Ensaio sobre a lucidez

    Ensaio sobre a lucidez

    2004 · José Saramago

    During the town elections of a nameless city, most inhabitants, each by their own individual choice, decide to exercise their voting rights in an…

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  10. Água, cão, cavalo, cabeça

    2006 · Gonçalo M. Tavares

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How many books has Gonçalo M. Tavares written?

We list 3 books by Gonçalo M. Tavares across 1 series, published between 1982–2009 — each shown in full reading order.

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