Elizabeth Lowe

António Lobo Antunes's twenty-fifth novel is set during the Angolan Civil War (1975-2002(, when Angolan factions took bloody revenge on Portuguese colonists who had not fled the country. Antunes delves into this traumatic period of Angola's history through the fragmented memories and dreams of a broken woman. It is the story of Cristina, admitted to a psychiatric clinic in Lisbon. In her torrent of memories, dialogues, and traumatic episodes, she remembers her early childhood in Africa.

Commission of Tears is translabed by Elizabeth Lowe, and available now from Dalkey Archive Press.