ISBN10: 972231579X, ISBN13: 9789722315791, [publisher: Lisbon, Presença, 1992.] Softcover First Edition Small folio (26.5 x 19.5 cm.), original illustrated wrappers. As new. 493 pp., 16 ll. plates printed on both sides, footnotes, index of names. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.José-Augusto [Rodrigues] França (Tomar, 1922-Jarzé-Villages, 2021) was one of Portugal's most distinguished art and cultural historians, as well as an important critic, literary figure, and intellectual. He was a leader in the introduction of surrealism to Portugal. After a long absence, he returned to writing fiction; between 2002 and 2010 he produced eight new novels or novellas and three collections of stories. *** See Álvaro Manuel Machado, Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 201-2; Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, V, 203-6; and Fernando J.B. Martinho in Biblos, II, 677-8.
[New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1992]