Born 1971 · Portugal
APE 2022 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“Synopsis of Love and War”
Afonso Cruz · 50 when first published
Novel · 175 pages · Love, Historical, Politics
AI-generated summary:Theobald Thomas and Bluma Janek seem meant for each other from birth and find each other through books, until one August night in post-war Berlin a wall goes up between them.
APE 2016 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“Flowers”
Afonso Cruz · 44 when first published
Novel · 275 pages · Love
AI-generated summary:A man so wounded by the tragedies he reads in the papers that he can no longer recall his first kiss is helped by his neighbour, who shrugs off the world's woes, to win back the memories he has lost.
APE 2014 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“Where Umbrellas Go”
Afonso Cruz · 42 when first published
Novel · 620 pages
AI-generated summary:In a storybook East, half remembered past and half imagined present, the lives of a man who longs to be invisible, a boy who dreams of becoming a plane and a woman set on a blue-eyed husband become entwined.
APE 2013 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“Jesus Christ Drank Beer”
Afonso Cruz · 41 when first published
Novel · 248 pages · Family
AI-generated summary:In a tiny Alentejo village, a girl sets about turning the place into Jerusalem so that her grandmother, whose dearest wish is to see the Holy Land, can believe she has made the journey.