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Today, 01:06

Heteronym started a thread Updating The Language In Classics in General Chat

In 1990 ago Brazil and Portugal idealized an ortographical agreement to harmonize the spelling in both countries as well as in the...

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Yesterday, 23:56

Heteronym replied to a thread I can't read at home in General Chat

Funny, I love reading at home, but no longer can because of my new neighbours upstairs: children screaming and crying all the time, people thumping...

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16-Jun-2013, 13:30

Heteronym replied to a thread Rubem Fonseca in Writers

Finished my third book yesterday, Mandrake - A Bíblia e a Bengala, two crime novellas about a defense lawyer called Mandrake (like the magician), who...

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14-Jun-2013, 00:29

Heteronym replied to a poll Time period - best literature in General Discussion

20th century onwards - all my favourite writers come from it: Jorge Luis Borges, G.K. Chesterton, Mikhail Bulgakov, Dario Fo, Edward Albee, Fernando...

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14-Jun-2013, 00:27

Heteronym replied to a thread Explore for new authors or stick the ones you like? in General Discussion

I'm trying out new writers all the time. Just last month I bought lots of books by writers I had never read before. My best discovery in recent times...

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10-Jun-2013, 18:50

Heteronym replied to a thread Antonio Muñoz Molina wins 2013 Premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras in News Discussion

I read Nada del otro mundo, in Portuguese, many years ago, and did not find it anything remarkable. But perhaps I should revalue him.

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10-Jun-2013, 02:40

Heteronym replied to a thread Rubem Fonseca in Writers

O finished Agosto today, and it was a riveting detective novel! The protagonist Alberto Mattos was one of the most unusual detectives I've ever seen....

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10-Jun-2013, 02:20

Heteronym replied to a thread Recent Purchases/Borrowings in General Discussion

This constitutes my fourth and fifth trip to the book fair: Eça de Queiroz: Correspondência - his complete letters Fernando Pessoa: Obras de...

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02-Jun-2013, 20:15

Heteronym replied to a thread Stephen King in Writers

That cover is quite remarkable.

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