Recently nominated for the PRIX FEMMINA, LIVRO weaves a grand narrative filled with trauma and love. Beginning in the 1940s and continuing through the 1960s, a massive exodus of Portuguese emigrants fled to France as a period of dictatorship was ending. This is a saga dedicated to the many varied, courageous stories of emigration throughout the world, and at the same time it gives life to a fascinating gallery of characters and their personal stories of love, loss and hope.

With its ambitious title, the novel follows several individuals who live in Portugal but are profoundly affected by their shifting surroundings.

LIVRO illuminates and celebrates a passion for the written word. A steadfast companion in times of trouble, an essential communicator in matters of the heart, a book itself can bridge cultures and seas, and for an emigrant, it can be the key to a new world.  

PRAISE FOR LIVRO:

It is, without a doubt, a masterpiece of Portuguese literature. Read it and you will see if it is not the highest point of a novelist who sometimes, like Saramago, is touched by genius.

--Urbano Tavares Rodrigues, Leitura Gulbenkian

In this his most ambitious work, Peixoto illustrates that universe (Portuguese emigration) with a narrative clearness that skillfully dispenses with adornment. The French slums of the sixties gain precise contours. Even the characters adrift have an identity of their own.

--Eduardo Pitta, Público

"Livro" is, amazingly, a synthesis of the history of the Portuguese novel. With "Livro" begins the literary maturity of a major writer.

--Miguel Real, Jornal de Letras 

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