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The Relic
Author: Eca de Queiroz
Translator: Margaret Jull Costa
Cover design: David Bird
Teodorico Raposo, the novel's anti-hero, is a master of deceit; one minute feigning devotion in front of his rich, pious aunt, in order to inherit her money, the next indulging in debauchery. Spurred on by the desire to please his aunt, and in order to get away from his unfaithful mistress, he embarks on a journey to the Holy Land in search of a holy relic. The resulting fiasco is a masterpiece of comic irony as religious bigotry and personal greed are mercilessly ridiculed.
Margaret Jull Costa's translation of The Relic was shortlisted for the 1995 Portuguese Translation Prize.
RRP: £9.99
No. of pages: 288
Publication date: unspecified
Re-print date: 4 November, 2002
Catalogue/ISBN no: ISBN 0 946626 94 4
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