How far can a man be driven by the grief and despair surrounding the death of his child
but he’s also been compared to James Joyce for his ex-pat-like ruminations on his homeland
This masterpiece of pre-punk aesthetics critiques the hypocrisy and consumerism of modern culture while spoofing the "typical" maladjusted family
Following his short story collection
The author of more than twenty novels
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