A fatal(idade) portuguesa : uma leitura de Breviário das más inclinações

Abstract

This article aims at interpretating portuguese identity issues in José Riço Direitinho’s novel Breviário das más inclinações. This narrative seems to incorporate post-modern forms, but the bizarre protagonist José de Risso suggests a particular dissemination of traditional subjects. It seems indeed as if Portugal itself was represented to such a hero as Risso, involved either in natural curses or in mysterious miracles.