Antonio Lobo Antunes Quotes

Antonio Lobo Antunes — Portuguese Novelist born on September 01, 1942,

António Lobo Antunes, GCSE, MD (Portuguese pronunciation: ); born 1 September 1942) is a Portuguese novelist and medical doctor. He has been named as a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature... (wikipedia)

It's funny - my wife is more jealous of my books than of other women because I'm always working and thinking about my books.

I was very interested in the relationship between the man who speaks and the woman who listens. I was drawn to the idea that the relationship between a man and a woman can be something like a war itself, very cruel and violent.

I suppose I have become a sort of living monument in Portugal. But I come from a family with roots all over the world, so the idea of patriotism is not very strong in me. My country is the country of Chekhov, Beethoven, Velasquez - writers I like, painters and artists I admire.

Antonio Lobo Antunes Quotes

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