The Splendor of Portugal (Portuguese Literature Series)

I am really enjoying reading this book. It is an English translation of a work by Antonio Lobo Antunes. I first heard of this author on Anthony Bourdain's show about Lisbon.

Reading this book challenged my perseverance. Many times had I almost discarded the idea. But a wonderfully literary descriptive story of life as it was in Portugal managed to hold my interest, over and over, yet the repetitiveness finally finished me and tested my curiosity to an unacceptable degree. No doubt Antonio Lobo Antunes is a great writer yet for me my short attention span and impatience says more about me than about his craft.