The Poor aphorisms but he’s also been compared

but he’s also been compared to James Joyce for his ex-pat-like ruminations on his homeland

How far can a man be driven by the grief and despair surrounding the death of his child

Language and logic are pushed to their farthest extremes in one of Chevillard’s funniest novels yet

The author of more than twenty novels

While lying on a beach in Greece with an accommodating female companion

The Poor aphorisms but he’s also been comparedThe Poor (Os Pobres, 1906), by Portuguese author Raul Brando, is a powerful tribute to the underclasses. Inno vative thematically and stylistically, the novel consists of loosely connected vignettes on two narrative levels: the lives of prostitutes, where the inexorable need for love is transformed into a means for survival; and the life of Gebo, a seemingly slovenly man, with neither sentiment nor intelligence. The Poor (Os Pobres, 1906), by