Singular People by Manuel Teixeira Gomes - Softcover

Manuel Teixeira Gomes. Translated By Christopher C. Lund

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0978817982 ISBN 13: 9780978817985

Publisher: Center for Portuguese Studies, Santa Barbara, 2009

Synopsis

This volume presents three short stories by Manuel Teixeira Gomes: Maria Adelaide, Blood Thirst, and Singular People. Translated from the Portuguese by Christopher C. Lund. This book is part of the Publication series published by the Center of Portuguese Studies at University of California, Santa Barbara.

About this title

About the Author:

Manuel Teixeira Gomes was born in 1862 in Vila Nova de Portimão in Portugal. He was the son of a wealthy businessman from the Algarve. Working for his father, he travelled extensively in Europe and North Africa. When Portugal became a Republic in 1910 he was named Portuguese Ambassador to the United Kingdom. He was elected President of the Portuguese Republic in 1923 but resigned in 1925. He left Portugal in 1926 after the fascist military coup and never returned. He died in Bougie (French Algeria) in 1941. His Erotic Stories were published in 1999 by Carcanet.

About this edition

• Publisher: Center for Portuguese Studies, Santa Barbara
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0978817982
• ISBN 13: 9780978817985
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 169
• Editor: João Camilo Dos Santos