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Amilcar Monteiro

Goodreads Author

Born

in Lisboa, Portugal

Website

https://www.amilcarmonteiro.pt

Genre

Fiction, Humor, Short Stories

Influences

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Member Since

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Amílcar Monteiro é introduzido no mundo em Lisboa, no ano de 1983. É licenciado em Psicologia e especialista em Neuropsicologia Clínica, trabalhando na área da geriatria e das demências. Além disso, já escreveu contos, crónicas, argumentos, sketches e fez stand up comedy.

É autor dos livros Não se Brinca com Coisas Sérias (2016), uma selecção de crónicas humorísticas, e Um Belo Dia para Morrer e Outras Histórias (2020), que reúne cinco contos satíricos que misturam humor e tragédia. O seu mais recente livro, Toque, é uma novela dramática sobre obsessão, sacrifício e segundas oportunidades.
Participou também na antologia Desas/sossego (2025), da Editorial Divergência.

Tem por hábito falar pouco sobre si porque odeia discutir assuntos que não do ...more

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NOVO LIVRO: Toque

Olá, aclamado seguidor ou excelentíssimo leitor que, devido ao seu extremo bom gosto, veio parar à minha página de autor!

Veio em boa hora: estou aqui para o informar que acabei de lançar o meu mais recente livro. Aqui fica a sinopse a capa.

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Um misterioso homem consulta uma velha vidente. Um encontro breve, mas intenso, que testará os limites de ambos e cujos efeitos se arrastarão ao longo do Read more of this blog post »

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	PACTO #0 by M.L. Vieira (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Author/Artist), Ana Carolina Gomes (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Author), Amilcar Monteiro (Goodreads Author) 4.55 avg rating — 22 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Um Belo Dia para Morrer e Outras Histórias 4.70 avg rating — 20 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Não se Brinca com Coisas Sérias 4.77 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Toque by Amilcar Monteiro (Goodreads Author), Tiago Albuquerque (Illustrator) 4.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2025 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Desas/sossego by Amilcar Monteiro (Goodreads Author), André Costa Gonçalves (Goodreads Author), Bárbara Barata 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fendas na Escuridão by Pedro Lucas Martins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), A. M. Catarino, Amilcar Monteiro (Goodreads Author) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2026	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Treze - Uma Antologia

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Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces, 2004 to 2021

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Amilcar’s Quotes

“My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.”
― Patricia Highsmith

tags: conversations, distractions, imagination, quiet, solitude

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“Some people have a way with words, and other people...oh, uh, not have way.”
― Steve Martin

tags: humor, words

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“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor

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“Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
― Roald Dahl

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“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
― Roald Dahl

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