← Antonio Lobo AntunesAct of the Damnedby Antonio Lobo AntunesFind on Amazon↗About the authorAntonio Lobo AntunesPortuguese novelist whose dense, polyphonic fiction is considered by many the most significant Portuguese literature since Fernando Pessoa. Act of the Damned and The Natural Order of Things are among his many acclaimed works.More by Antonio Lobo AntunesThe Natural Order of ThingsPortuguese family saga of suffering and resilience during colonial and post-colonial eras→The Return of the CaravelsFragmented narrative reviving Portuguese explorers' spirits through time and memory→An Explanation of the Birds→Knowledge of Hell→