A Manhã do Mundo (literally The Morning of the World) is a debut novel by the Portuguese writer Pedro Guilherme-Moreira.[1]

A Manhã do Mundo
First edition (Portuguese)
AuthorPedro Guilherme-Moreira
Original titleA Manhã do Mundo
LanguagePortuguese
GenreNovel
Published2011 (Publicações Dom Quixote)
Publication placePortugal
Pages216
ISBN978-972-20-4519-3

The book takes its beginnings on the September 11 attacks.

It was released in Portuguese in May 2011, by Publicações Dom Quixote.[2]

Release

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The author e Professor Pinto da Costa at the release, in Oporto, in July 2011

The book's launch in the author's hometown, took place in Clube Literário do Porto (literally "Oporto Literary Club"), July 10, with a presentation by Professor Pinto da Costa.[3]

Plot summary

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"09/11 2001. And if anyone who has seen everything could, suddenly, wake up in time to prevent the tragedy?".[1][2] 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.[4][5] Now "imagine that on September 13, the Universe resets the day 11 for some of them."[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b Book form on wook.pt [1] Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine Access 03/09/2011 (Portuguese)
  2. ^ a b Book form on fnac.pt [2] Access 03/09/2011 (Portuguese)
  3. ^ Publisher's Note [3] Access 03/09/2011 (Portuguese)
  4. ^ Critique of João Bonifácio in Público's section "Ipsilon" [4] Access 03/09/2011 (Portuguese)
  5. ^ Synopsis on mediabooks.com [5] Access 03/09/2011 (Portuguese)
  6. ^ Translation of a text excerpt in O Jornal Económico (OJE), 07/07/2011. Seen 08/19/2011 (Portuguese)
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