Os Cus de Judas

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Os Cus de Judas is a novel by Portuguese writer António Lobo Antunes that offers a dark, introspective portrayal of the Portuguese Colonial War in Angola.

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Os Cus de Judas canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author António Lobo Antunes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Portugal ⓘ
criticizes Estado Novo regime ⓘ
Portuguese colonial policy ⓘ
depicts alienation of returning veterans ⓘ
urban life in Lisbon after the war ⓘ
genre autobiographical novel ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ
war novel ⓘ
hasCharacterType Portuguese army doctor ⓘ
Portuguese conscript soldiers ⓘ
hasReception critical acclaim in Portugal ⓘ
international recognition ⓘ
hasTheme colonialism ⓘ
disillusionment ⓘ
existential angst ⓘ
guilt ⓘ
identity ⓘ
madness ⓘ
memory ⓘ
post-traumatic stress ⓘ
violence ⓘ
war trauma ⓘ
influenced later Portuguese war narratives ⓘ
languageRegister colloquial Portuguese ⓘ
vulgar language ⓘ
literaryMovement Portuguese contemporary literature ⓘ
postcolonial literature ⓘ
mainSubject Angolan War of Independence ⓘ
Portuguese Colonial War ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person narration ⓘ
notableFor critical view of Portuguese colonialism ⓘ
intense psychological depiction of war ⓘ
originalLanguage Portuguese ⓘ
partOf Portuguese war literature ⓘ
portrays Portuguese soldiers in Angola ⓘ
brutality of colonial war ⓘ
settingLocation Angola ⓘ
settingPeriod Portuguese Colonial War ⓘ
style dense prose ⓘ
nonlinear narrative ⓘ
stream of consciousness ⓘ
titleFigurativeMeaning remote and forsaken place ⓘ
titleLiteralMeaning The Devil's Arse ⓘ
surface form: "The Arsehole of Judas"
tone dark ⓘ
introspective ⓘ

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António Lobo Antunes → notableWork → Os Cus de Judas ⓘ
Lobo Antunes → notableWork → Os Cus de Judas ⓘ
subject surface form: António Lobo Antunes