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How far can a man be driven by the grief and despair surrounding the death of his child
Translated By Elizabeth Heighway
Following his short story collection
The author of more than twenty novels
Language and logic are pushed to their farthest extremes in one of Chevillard’s funniest novels yet
The Poor aphorisms How far can a manThe Poor (Os Pobres, 1906), by Portuguese author Raul Brando, is a powerful tribute to the underclasses. Inno vative thematically and stylistically, the novel consists of loosely connected vignettes on two narrative levels: the lives of prostitutes, where the inexorable need for love is transformed into a means for survival; and the life of Gebo, a seemingly slovenly man, with neither sentiment nor intelligence. The Poor (Os Pobres, 1906), by