Lisbon has been an extraordinary city for well over a thousand years, rendering it a place of great historical and contemporary interest. The combination of cultural influences in Lisbon--Arabian, African, and European--and the city's identity as a great seafaring stronghold, has granted it a unique and spirited legacy. Lisbon Tales reflects this legacy in its literary selections. From famous names to new voices, Lisbon Tales describes a city in continuous and vibrant change.

About the Author
Amanda Hopkinson is a literary translator, former Director of the British Centre for Literary Translation at the University of East Anglia, and Professor of Literary Translation at City, University of London.

Reviews
A slice of Lisbon to form a tantalizing tart of tales. * Lonnie Weatherby, Library Journal *
Lisbon Tales is another excellent installment in this series of books, and they'd all make the perfect addition to the bookshelves of any armchair travellers you might know! * Karen Langley, Shiny New Books *
There are many fine inclusions here, with excellent stories by authors who will be largely unknown in the English-speaking world ... The rendering of the stories in English is fluent, appealing, and ... faithful to the original, with helpful explanatory footnotes added when required ... There is much to enjoy in this collection. * David Frier, Words Without Borders *
This panorama, proffered in elegant but natural English, is one of the main strengths of Lisbon Tales, leaving aside the intrinsic merits of the stories and cronicas themselves, and Hopkinson's translations are a welcome addition to the repertoire of Portuguese works available to English-speaking readers. * Patricia Anne Odber de Baubeta, Translation and Literature *



Book Information
ISBN 9780198801078
Author Helen Constantine
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 265g
Dimensions(mm) 204mm * 130mm * 13mm