A god strolling in the cool of the evening

Mário de Carvalho

Original title: Deus passeando pela brisa da tarde

earliest edition we have, 1997 Louisiana State University Press, 1997 265 pages

The Pegasus prize for literature

The Moors have invaded the Iberian peninsula, raiding and pillaging Roman towns, but the people of Tarcisis turn a blind eye to the danger. Made complacent by the prosperity of the Pax Romana, they focus instead on the sadistic Games and on the persecution of members of a new religious sect living within the city walls - the Christians. Striving always to adhere to the principles of his hero Marcus Aurelius, Lucius...

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A god strolling in the cool of the evening edition · 1998 · Phoenix · 265 pages
A god strolling in the cool of the evening edition · 1997 · Louisiana State University Press · 265 pages
A god strolling in the cool of the evening edition · 1997 · Weidenfeld & Nicolson · 265 pages
A God strolling in the cool of the evening edition · 1997 · Grove Press · 265 pages

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