Voyage Ship
by (portugal) Antonio Lobo Antunes
About This Novel
In the 15th century, Portugal, located at the end of the European continent, led the "Geographical Discovery" and opened the glorious age of navigation. In the 1970s, as all African colonies became independent, the former maritime heroes were driven back home and hurriedly stranded in the ruins of the empire. In the distorted and superimposed time and space, Fernand Mendez Pinto, who traveled in Asia for decades and wrote "Travel", became a peddler selling defective products. Vasco da Gama, the "discoverer" of India, won half of Portugal by cheating, and Xavier, the saint who was dedicated to spreading the gospel of Christ, turned into a pimp... The truth and falsehood of history gave birth to scenes of absurd tragedies and comedies, and ambition and fanaticism were shattered in the waves along with the dream of empire. The voyage ship returned dejectedly from the sea, but the train connecting Europe on land was roaring. Between the sea and the land, Africa and Europe, Portugal is struggling to reshape its past, present and future.
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