Requiem: A Hallucination

Requiem: A Hallucination (Portuguese: Requiem: uma alucinação) is a 1991 novel by the Italian writer Antonio Tabucchi. Set in Lisbon, the narrative centres on an Italian author who meets the spirit of a dead Portuguese poet. Tabucchi wrote the book in Portuguese. Alain Tanner directed a 1998 film adaptation, also called Requiem.[1]

Requiem: A Hallucination
First edition (Portuguese)
AuthorAntonio Tabucchi
Original titleRequiem: uma alucinação
TranslatorMargaret Jull Costa
Cover artistHieronymus Bosch, detail from Triptych of the Temptation of St. Anthony - 1501
CountryPortugal
LanguagePortuguese
PublisherQuetzal Editores
Publication date
1991
Published in English
1994
Pages127
ISBN972-564-117-5

Publication

The book was first published in Portugal in 1991 through Quetzal Editores. An Italian translation was published the year after through Feltrinelli. New Directions Publishing released an English translation by Margaret Jull Costa from the original Portuguese in 1994.

Reception

The book was reviewed in Publishers Weekly: "Chance encounters, ambivalent symbols, black humor and nonrational events pervade the narrative as Tabucchi's alter-ego meets his father as a young sailor; the ghost of Isabel, a former lover who committed suicide; Tadeus, who may have been the father of the child Isabel was carrying; and other colorful figures, alive and dead. Finally, Tabucchi meets his revered poet friend to discuss Kafka, postmodernism and the future of literature. Winner of the 1991 Italian PEN Prize, this playful bagatelle, translated from the original Portuguese, is partly an homage to Portuguese culture, partly a mellow autobiographical fantasy."[2]

gollark: People do *tend* to focus on relatively insignificant bad things and ignore stuff mostly being fine and getting better.
gollark: So surely a murderer should be able to catch all lesser criminals.
gollark: There's that saying about how you set thieves to catch thieves.
gollark: Æ is no mere ligature. It is the ash symbol. Apioid.
gollark: Hmm, what if you could somehow *transfer* thermal energy *into* the car *from* room?

See also

References
  1. Young, Deborah (1998-05-17). "Requiem". Variety. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
  2. Staff writer (1994-05-16). "Requiem: A Hallucination". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2012-01-02.


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