O sacrifício dos anjos: ou a saga do papa-figo

Abstract

The Sacrifice of the Angels is a novel written in 1989. The story takes place in the countryside and is inspired by the constant waves of gypsies that the author witnessed during his childhood, in the city of Pombal, during the 1970s. He talks about a sect that sacrificed children. The inspiration for his work was the countless “stories and legends” surrounding the figure of the “fig eater” that, until the 1970s, were still very present in the imagination of the northeastern population. “The novel has passions, intrigues, political conspiracies, an allegory of power and madness.”