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O Silvo do Arqueiro

by Irene Vallejo

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"Um romance de aventuras, um romance de guerra, exl?io e amor, esta ?uma viagem pelos mitos de um passado que ainda ilumina o nosso presente. Quando Eneias, fugindo do saque de Troia com o seu filho, naufraga na costa africana, nas praias de Cartago, o seu destino est ?nas môs da rainha Elisa. Heri? errante e derrotado, ?marcado por uma misteriosa profecia como fundador da vindoura civiliza?? romana. S?ulos depois, num tempo circular e envolvente, o poeta Vergl?io ter ?de recriar, por encomenda do imperador Augusto, aquela aventura inicial e as glr?ias passadas do j ?vitorioso Imp?io, que esconde abismos de mis?ia e gan?cia por trs? do seu mr?more faustoso. Num jogo n?ico entre histr?ia e lenda, O Silvo do Arqueiro capta o reflexo dos nossos conflitos contempor?eos e a semente de temas que nunca deixarô de nos fascinar: a sombra do poder sobre a liberdade individual; o dilema de um homem que, quando o seu mundo se desmorona, fica dividido entre reconstruir as run?as ou arriscar construir algo novo; as dificuldades de uma mulher poderosa num universo de homens e o desejo de ser mê antes de o seu tempo passar; violn?cia, misericr?dia, destino ou sorte..." --"A novel of adventures, a novel of war, exile and love, this is a journey through the myths of a past that still illuminates our present. When eneies, running away from the looting of Troy with his son, end up on the African coast, on the beaches of Carthage, her fate is in the hands of Queen Elisa. This wrong and defeated hero is marked by a mysterious prophecy as the founder of the coming Roman civilization. Centuries later, in a circular and engaging time, the poet Vergil will have to recreate, by order of Emperor Augusto, that initial adventure and the past glory of the already victorious Empire, who hides abysses of misery and greed behind. In a unique game between history and legend, the archer Silvo captures the reflection of our contemporary conflicts and the seed of themes that will never fail to fascinate us: the shadow of power over individual freedom; The dilemma of a man who, when his world falls seem to be ending, is divided between rebuilding ruins or risking building something new; The difficulties of a powerful woman in a universe of men and the desire to be a mother before it is too late; Violence, mercy, destination or luck ..." --… (more)

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"Um romance de aventuras, um romance de guerra, exl?io e amor, esta ?uma viagem pelos mitos de um passado que ainda ilumina o nosso presente. Quando Eneias, fugindo do saque de Troia com o seu filho, naufraga na costa africana, nas praias de Cartago, o seu destino est ?nas môs da rainha Elisa. Heri? errante e derrotado, ?marcado por uma misteriosa profecia como fundador da vindoura civiliza?? romana. S?ulos depois, num tempo circular e envolvente, o poeta Vergl?io ter ?de recriar, por encomenda do imperador Augusto, aquela aventura inicial e as glr?ias passadas do j ?vitorioso Imp?io, que esconde abismos de mis?ia e gan?cia por trs? do seu mr?more faustoso. Num jogo n?ico entre histr?ia e lenda, O Silvo do Arqueiro capta o reflexo dos nossos conflitos contempor?eos e a semente de temas que nunca deixarô de nos fascinar: a sombra do poder sobre a liberdade individual; o dilema de um homem que, quando o seu mundo se desmorona, fica dividido entre reconstruir as run?as ou arriscar construir algo novo; as dificuldades de uma mulher poderosa num universo de homens e o desejo de ser mê antes de o seu tempo passar; violn?cia, misericr?dia, destino ou sorte..." --"A novel of adventures, a novel of war, exile and love, this is a journey through the myths of a past that still illuminates our present. When eneies, running away from the looting of Troy with his son, end up on the African coast, on the beaches of Carthage, her fate is in the hands of Queen Elisa. This wrong and defeated hero is marked by a mysterious prophecy as the founder of the coming Roman civilization. Centuries later, in a circular and engaging time, the poet Vergil will have to recreate, by order of Emperor Augusto, that initial adventure and the past glory of the already victorious Empire, who hides abysses of misery and greed behind. In a unique game between history and legend, the archer Silvo captures the reflection of our contemporary conflicts and the seed of themes that will never fail to fascinate us: the shadow of power over individual freedom; The dilemma of a man who, when his world falls seem to be ending, is divided between rebuilding ruins or risking building something new; The difficulties of a powerful woman in a universe of men and the desire to be a mother before it is too late; Violence, mercy, destination or luck ..." --

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