Along the Flowing River
by J
About This Novel
This book is a literary work by Portuguese writer Antunes. It tells the story of the protagonist who became weak after the removal of a malignant tumor and endured pain and humiliation all day long, giving him an unusual experience of life and the past. From the end of March to early April 2007, after undergoing a major operation, the protagonist, in the pain and confusion caused by anesthesia and drugs, re-remembered the fragments of his life and the people he met in his life: his parents and grandparents, his childhood village, the mountains, love and hate. The pain of the moment, past memories, and fantasies are all intertwined. Like a flowing river, we live with it the stigma of illness, the approach of death, and the call of life. Antunes' language is like the title of the book, like a flowing river, breaking the boundaries of time and space with a tension-filled non-linear narrative, allowing the characters' voices to naturally interweave in multiple time dimensions.
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