This novel tells the story of Carlos, heir to a noble family, who is caught in the impotence and decadence of Potuguese society at the end of the 19th century. He finds his noble intentions reduced to amiable dilettantism and his romantic passion to tragic impossibility.
- ISBN10 1857540336
- ISBN13 9781857540338
- Publish Date 19 August 1993
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 September 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Carcanet Press Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 633
- Language English