Description
Set in a shadowy, suffocating village where daily life is governed by habit, repression, and the presence of death, this haunting work explores the inner lives of people trapped in spiritual and emotional stagnation. Through fragmented reflections, shifting voices, and intense philosophical meditation, it blurs the boundaries between reality, memory, dream, and hallucination. The result is a powerful examination of loneliness, desire, mortality, and the fragile hope of transcendence. Poetic, experimental, and deeply unsettling, it stands as a distinctive work of Portuguese modernist literature.
Available Editions
paperback
El Gall Editor
Published Jan 1, 2013
251 pages
ISBN: 9788492574902
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Details
First Published
1917
Language
por
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Húmus by Raul Brandão.