Patrícia Portela

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• Manual para Andar Espantada por Existir

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  APE 2026 · ★ Winner

  Manual para Andar Espantada por Existir

  AITitle translated by AI:“Manual for Going About Amazed at Being Alive”

  Patrícia Portela · 51 when first published

  Novel · 132 pages

  AIAI-generated summary:Taking José Gomes Ferreira's fable The Adventures of João Sem Medo as its starting point, this book leads readers past the barrier of the real and through a parade of characters from his world to rediscover what imagination can do.

• O Banquete

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  O Banquete

  AITitle translated by AI:“The Banquet”

  Patrícia Portela · 38 when first published

  Novel · 325 pages

  AIAI-generated summary:A playful return to humanity's founding myths, from Plato's cave and the trees of Eden to a Faust who will not honour his pact, mixing philosophy with everyday matters to chew over our immortality.