Caixa de texto: Reviews “A classic novel, a love story the size of Gone With the Wind.” Visão, Portugal “All women in my house – perhaps with the exception of female cats, and even of these I am not sure – reacted with a smile when they saw me reading this novel. What they meant was: oh, poor you, why must you read that? However, as soon as I left “José Rodrigues dos Santos” unattended – even if only for a couple of minutes – one of the girls would immediately grab it with her carefully manicured hands and would feel offended whenever I demanded it back. I had to fight for this book in a way I don’t remember having fought for a book in recent years. This episode alone is enough to convey the quality of the novel, but I would like to add a few other reasons why you (yes, I mean you personally) should read The Captain’s Daughter. Life is a mysterious road. One day, each of us finds on it his love, some at an abandoned crossroads, others at the end of the road. And there are those sentenced to eternally look for it – people like Captain Afonso da Silva Brandão and the beautiful Agnès Chevallier, who were meant for each other. Does this sound a bit pathetic? Believe me, this novel is sheer music. The Captain’s Daughter is much more than a beautiful love story. This is the expression of something that resonates in fado, the popular Portuguese folk song. José Rodrigues dos Santos made an accurate research on his subject. His narration of historical facts is excellent, but, more than that, his writing style is prodigiously poetic and melodic, really enchanting the reader. His style was well reproduced in German by the talented translators Barbara Mesquita, Karin von Schweder-Schreiner and Marianne Gareis. The Captain’s Daughter is not a romantic novel for women. It’s actually much more than a novel - it’s a truly fascinating story about love and destiny, choice and free will in hard times. This is an unforgettable piece of work – of unique and advisable reading.” Literaturzirkel Belletristik, Germany Click here for the original critique in German. ”The author José Rodrigues dos Santos has successfully written a great novel set against the backdrop of World War I - a book that is much more than a simple love story between two human beings who, in spite of being made for each other, cannot remain together. This is a touching novel that grabs the reader from page one and never leaves it.” Uelzener Anzeiger, Germany “They are separated by destiny, but never lose hope. A novel of love - full of melancholy and passion.” Bild der Frau, Germany “With The Captain’s Daughter, the Portuguese dos Santos wrote, in fact, a great novel. The story and the characters get so close to us that it becomes almost painful.” Bild am Sonntag, Germany. “The Captain’s Daughter is a story of a passionate love affair set during World War I, where characters are faced with events they cannot control and are forced to make hard choices.” Click In, Portugal “The Captain’s Daughter reminds us of the destiny of the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps, thrown into rat-infested mud trenches. But in José Rodrigues dos Santos’ novel there’s also a Portuguese-French love story to which the Flanders battlefields provide the setting. An opportunity to recall the forgotten Portuguese involvement in the Great War.” O Independente, Portugal

A Filha do Capitão

(The Captain’s Daughter)