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Antonio Lobo Antunes: What Can I Do When Everything's On Fire?

Antonio Lobo Antunes: What Can I Do When Everything's On Fire?

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DATE : Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:06:15 -0400
Entered in Database : 2009-07-20 20:06:15
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Antonio Lobo Antunes discusses the razor-thin line between reality and madness that is transgressed in his first novel to appear in English in five years. What Can I Do When Everything's On Fire?, is set in the steamy world of Lisbon's demimonde where Antune ventriloquizes the voices of the damned in a work that recalls Joyce's with a dizzying farrago of urban images few readers will forget. What Can I Do When Everything's On Fire? was translated into English by Gregory Rabassa, who moderates this book talk. This discussion is presented in collaboration with the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture at UMass Dartmouth, the General Consulate of Portugal, and the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities. Antonio Lobo Antunes is the author of 16 novels, including Act of the Damned and The Natural Order of Things. He lives in Lisbon.

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