Mystery of the Sintra Road

De Queiroz, Eca; Ortigao, Jose Duarte; Costa, Margaret Jull (TRN)

ISBN 10: 1909232297 / ISBN 13: 9781909232297

Edité par Dedalus Limited, 2014

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• Titre: Mystery of the Sintra Road
• Éditeur: Dedalus Limited
• Date de parution: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1909232297
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781909232297
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• État de l'article: As New

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Synopsis

Eça de Queiroz's first novel and Portugal s first mystery-cum-detective novel in its first English translation Two friends are kidnapped by several masked men, who, to judge by their manners and their accent are men of the best society. One of the friends is a doctor, and the masked men say that they need him to assist a noblewoman, who is about to give birth. When they reach the house, they find no such noblewoman, only a dead man. Another man, known only as A.M.C., bursts in at this point and declares that the man died of opium poisoning. The doctor writes a letter to a newspaper editor, setting out the facts as he knows them. These facts are rebutted first by a friend of A.M.C. and then by the first masked man, who explains the whole story... Eça de Queiroz wrote this spoof mystery with his friend Ramalho Ortigão, publishing it in the form of a series of anonymous letters in the Diário de Notícias between 24 July and 27 September 1870. Many readers believed the letters to be genuine. As the book progresses, one sees Eça gradually getting into his stride as a novelist, equally at home with humour and with human drama. Recently turned into a major Portuguese feature film it will delight avid Eça fans and lovers of mysteries.

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Eça de Queiroz91845-1900)is considered to be Portugal's greatest novelist. Dedalus has embarked on a project to make all his major works available in new translations by Margaret Jull Costa. Published so far are: The Mandarin, The Relic,The Tragedy of the Street of Flowers, The Crime of Father Amaro, Cousin Bazilio, The Maias, The City and the Mountains, and Alves & Co.