Amaro is an honourable guest and a lodger in the comfortable house of Amelia and Joanneira, and he soon finds that his duties of a priest clash with his physical desires, and, in particular, with his burning romantic passion for Amelia. Father Amaro, a handsome young priest arrives to Leiria to take the position of a parish priest and soon falls under the spell of the most beautiful girl in town – good-natured Amelia, who lives with her strict and apparently religious mother Joanneira in the heart of the city.
In it, he tells of events taking place in a small cathedral town of Leiria, north of Lisbon. Portuguese novelist José Maria Eça de Queirós has been compared to Russian Leo Tolstoy and French Honoré Balzac, and for a good reason – his debut (without a collaboration) book The Crime of Father Amaro (translated by Nan Flanagan in 1962) is a multi-faceted novel of great ambition and skill. Continue reading “The End of the Year Book Tag” → Given its slightly gothic, dark atmosphere and setting, it will also be the perfect autumnal transition. I also want to re-read The Essex Serpent, which I enjoyed very much when I first read it. I will be reading some detective stories by Andrea Camilleri ( The Shape of Water and The Snack Thief will probably be my next reads). I think it is so nice to read something like that in a warm home when there is snow or rain falling outside. Do you have an autumnal book to transition to the end of the year?Įvery time I think of autumn or winter, I think of some nice crime mystery to read. I am still to finish this Portuguese classic even though I started it about three weeks ago, but I do have an excuse – it is 715 pages long! I am enjoying it so far and I think it will be a five-star read for me. After I enjoyed The Crime of Father Amaro, I thought I would read another book by this author – Os Maias, a realist family saga, which was also recommended to me by Susana at A Bag Full of Stories. The Maias ( Os Maias) by José Maria de Eça de Queiroz. Is there a book that you started that you still need to finish by the end of the year? I am not tagging anyone for this tag, and everyone is welcome to participate. The creator of this tag is Ariel Bessett, and I have also seen this tag at Whimsy Pages (Alex’s blog) and at The Book Prescription. I spotted this tag first on youtube since I follow one book reviewer there – Eric, and decided to post my answers to this tag, too.
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