Description: Never before in English, this delectable novella offers a hilarious new version of Genesis, where, rather than living in innocent bliss, Adam and Eve live in terror of being stomped by an Ichthyosaurus
Brief description: One of the leading intellectuals of the "Generation of 1870," José Maria de Eça de Queirós (1845-1900) wrote twenty books, founded literary reviews, and for most of his life also worked as a diplomat, in Havana, London, and Paris. New Directions also publishes his novels The Crime of Father Amaro, The Maias, The Mountain and the City, The Yellow Sofa, and The Illustrious House of Ramires.
Review Quotes: Portugal's greatest novelist.--José Saramago