This is the second of a two-volume selection of short fiction from Portugal, drawing on writing from after World War II. Included in the text are: Domingos Monteiro's "Paternity"; Branquinho da Fonseca's "The Baron"; Miguel Torga's "Alma-Grande"; Joaquim Paco d'Arcos's "The Story of Venancio"; Manuel da Fonseca's "Maria Altinha"; Maria Judite de Carvalho's "So Many People, Mariana"; Herberto Helder's "The Police"; and Mario de Carvalho's "Professo Pfiglzz and his Strange Companion".
