Complete Novels by Aquilino Ribeiro II (Terras do Demo)

This novel transports us to the heart of Aquilino Ribeiro's sentimental geography, as this was the place where he was born, where he roamed for a large part of his youth, and to which he repeatedly returned. His profound knowledge of the place and its people abundantly equips him for this digression through "barbaric and wild" lands that remained "on the fringes of civilization." A novel that invites us to discover a Portugal which, despite the Republic in Lisbon, resurrected old noblemen and where emigration allowed people to dream of better futures.

Gypsies, muleteers, innkeepers, procuresses, womanizing priests, and deceived maidens are some of the characters we encounter in this universe where nature, and often the devil, dictate their laws.