''A Manhã do Mundo'' (literally ''The Morning of the World'') is a
debut novel by the
Portuguese writer
Pedro Guilherme-Moreira.
[Book form on wook.p]
Access 03/09/2011 ( Portuguese language, Portuguese)
The book takes its beginnings on the
September 11 attacks
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.
It was released in
Portuguese language, Portuguese in May 2011, by
Publicações Dom Quixote.
[Book form on fnac.p]
Access 03/09/2011 ( Portuguese language, Portuguese)
Release
The book's launch in the author's hometown, took place in
Clube Literário do Porto (literally "
Oporto
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Literary
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Club"), July 10, with a presentation by
Professor
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Pinto da Costa.
Plot summary
"
09/11 2001. And if anyone who has seen everything could, suddenly, wake up in time to prevent the tragedy?".
This is a presupposition which, on the cover, this novel presents.
At the core, this is a story of five persons, Thea, Mark Millard, Alice and Solomon, who jumped from the
Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. It is also the story of Ayda, who calls them cowards, and of her husband. Now "imagine that on September 13, the Universe resets the day 11 for some of them."
[Translation of a text excerpt in '' O Jornal Económico'' (OJE), 07/07/2011. Seen 08/19/2011 ( Portuguese language, Portuguese)]
References
External links
Book's blog(in
Portuguese language, Portuguese and
English
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Book's page on FacebookAuthor's channel at YouTube.(in
Portuguese language, Portuguese and
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
)
Interview about the book by the author to Ana Daniela Ferreira on "À Volta dos Livros"''in''
Antena 1, on 22 June 2011 (
Portuguese language, Portuguese)
Video presentation of the book ''in'' Diário de Notícias of 28 May 2011 (
Portuguese language, Portuguese)
Reference to the book on the television show "Autores" ''in'' TVI24
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of June 24, 2011. Minute 42.(
Portuguese language, Portuguese)
Interview about the book ''A Manhã do Mundo'' by the author to Ana Daniela Ferreira on "À Volta dos Livros" at
Antena 1, on 22 June 2011. (in
Portuguese language, Portuguese)
Interview about the book ''A Manhã do Mundo'' by the author to TV show "Câmara Clara" at
RTP2
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, on 9 September 2011. From 3 min 27 s. (in
Portuguese language, Portuguese)
Interview about the book ''A Manhã do Mundo'' by the author to Ana Rita Clara, on TV show "Mais Mulher" at
SIC Mulher
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Programming
*''Alas Smith and Jone ...
, in September 2011. (in
Portuguese language, Portuguese)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Manha do Mundo, A
2011 novels
21st-century Portuguese novels
Novels about the September 11 attacks
Novels set in New York City
2011 debut novels