Anthology of Portuguese Short Stories

by Ana Maria Chaves, Kevin Rose (Translator), Ana Ventura (Translator)

Short stories are small literary gems that say a lot with few words. In this anthology, organised by Ana-Maria Chaves, Livraria Lello brings together some of the best Portuguese short stories.

192 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2025

Reviews

[Charlotte Barber · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very sweet collection of short stories… some more captivating and logical than others. Thoroughly enjoyed my reading experience on the beach in Lagos!

[Grace · Rating 3 out of 5]

sweet and whimsical and peculiar .. short stories as conduits of histories and morality

bought at livraria lello in porto with mr. king :-)

[Thiago Luz]

em português lógico

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ranking de las historias según más me han gustado
1. The mermaids song
2. The supernatural
3. The man of dreams
4. Repentance
5. To covet all is to lose all
6. The dragon of rhodes
7. The diplomats ring
8. Tale X
9. Hat and her
10. Crystal tales
11. The joão fernandes trilogy

[Bryan Fox · Rating 2 out of 5]

Perhaps I don't like old literature much, or perhaps it's just that the stories in this collection are the opposite of "timeless" - they all feel so dated and overwritten, and many read like low-grade fables/fairy tales, complete with dragons and mermaids and wish-granting fish, instead of stories with characters and an arc. Oddly, the last entry in the collection, and most likely the newest (authors' birth/date deaths are listed, yet not the stories' dates of publication), is the only one that feels like a story , but by then, I was already resigned to the mediocrity of the volume as a whole.

[Nadja · Rating 3 out of 5]

Es war interessant in dieser Sammlung portugiesische Kurzgeschichten aus verschiedenen Zeiten zu lesen. Es gab deutliche Unterschiede wie gut mir die Geschichten gefallen haben. Die meisten Geschichten hatten eine sehr klare Moral und häufig war diese sehr offensichtlich und teilweise aus heutiger Sicht auch etwas veraltet. Ich fand es spannend, wie teilweise auch übernatürliche Elemente in den Geschichten vorkamen und teilweise konnten mich die Geschichte sogar etwas überraschen.

[Carmen Raudmets · Rating 4 out of 5]

ma polnud kunagi varem yhtegi rida portugali kirjandust lugenud! äge oli!
ja täpselt hea kogumik sellisele nagu mina sest t6esti igast sajandist ja žanrist noppeid tehtud. kristliku moraali lood ja veits pärimust ja romantistlikud merineitsilood (mu lemmik) ja gothic horror ja k6ik asjad.
v soovitan !

[Jeffrey Wang · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun selection of short stories from Portugal, highlighting how storytelling was used to pass along various important lessons. I enjoyed the “To Covet All Is To Lose All” story the most!

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A solid collection of whimsy and some slightly surreal stories. There were some stories that I enjoyed more than others but on the whole this was a good book to dip in and out of easily

[Hasmin Sherwin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Didn’t finish, was over it. Dull misogyny written from an upper middle income perspective.