#newbook
, The Old Age of The Eternal Priest - translation of Guerra Junqueiro’s satirical poem A Velhice do Padre Eterno, is published.
You can get it here:
https://leanpub.com/theoldageoftheeternalpriest
"Guerra Junqueiro played an extremely important role in Portugal’s cultural scene. He was labelled the “Portuguese Victor Hugo”..."
"The book contains twenty-eight poems of widely varying lengths, from ten lines (The Bogeyman) to over five hundred (Holy Week), and the themes range from pious or personal lamentation;
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to the most ferocious social, moral, religious, radical and revolutionary criticism: ..."
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