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O Último Cais

by Helena Marques · 1992 edition

The acclaimed debut novel (in Portuguese) by Funchal journalist Helena Marques, set in late-19th-century Funchal — the Vaz de Lacerda family and its women across generations. Winner of the Portuguese Writers’ Association Grand Prize.

MadeiraFunchal19th centuryfamily sagahistorical novelPortuguese
Author
Helena Marques
Edition year
1992
Publisher
Publicações Dom Quixote
Language
Portuguese
ISBN-13
9789722010610
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