Born 1967 · Portugal
APE 2021 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“The Night of the Barricades”
H. G. Cancela · 53 when first published
Novel · 225 pages · Politics, Family
AI-generated summary:Seen through his son's eyes, the life and defeat of a revolutionary shaped by the street fighting of May 1968 in Paris and by Portugal's revolution of April 1974.
APE 2018 · Winner
Title translated by AI:“The Persons of the Drama”
H. G. Cancela · 50 when first published
Novel · 283 pages · Family
AI-generated summary:With a wall in front of him and a blade at his back, a narrator tells a story of guilt, incest and violence within a family that becomes a critical look at Europe's past and its dealings with the Arab world.
APE 2015 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“Impunity”
H. G. Cancela · 47 when first published
Novel · 222 pages
AI-generated summary:A man gropes his way through the dark, then drives all night from Portugal into Spain; in Seville he lets himself into a top-floor flat and finds two children asleep among signs of neglect.