{"product_id":"the-return-of-the-caravels-antunes-antonio-lobo","title":"The Return of the Caravels (Antunes, Antonio Lobo)","description":"A powerful indictment of Portuguese colonialism and another literary tour de force from the pen of Antonio Lobo Antunes, “a master navigator of the human psyche . . . [with] the voice of Nabokov by way of Cortazar, Gogol by way of Dylan” (Los Angeles Times)\nCalled “hallucinatory and lyrical” (Publishers Weekly), The Return of the Caravels unfolds in Lisbon as Portugal's African colonies gain their independence in the mid-1970s. In a contemporary response to Camões conquest epic The Lusiads, Antunes imagines Vasco da Gama and other heroes of Portuguese explorations beached amid the detritus of the empire's collapse. Or is it the modern colonials—with their mixed-race heritage and uneasy place in the “fatherland”—who have somehow ended up in sixteenth-century Lisbon? As da Gama begins winning back ownership of Lisbon piece by piece in crooked card games, four hundred years of Portuguese history mingle—the caravels dock next to Iraqi oil tankers, and the slave trade rubs shoulders with the duty-free shops.\nThe Return of the Caravels is a startling and uncompromising look at one of Europe's great colonial powers, and how the era of conquest reshaped not just Portugal but the world.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0802139558\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0802139558.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Antunes, António Lobo|Rabassa, Gregory\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41505962229818,"sku":"DBV.0802139558.G","price":7.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0802139558-0.jpg?v=1783226544","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-return-of-the-caravels-antunes-antonio-lobo","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}