Chronicle of the Murdered House by Lúcio Cardoso

Chronicle of the Murdered House

Lúcio Cardoso with Robin Patterson (Translator), Margaret Jull Costa (Translator)

592 pages • first pub 1959 (view editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary dark reflective slow-paced
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Readers who appreciate introspective, darkly atmospheric family sagas exploring complex moral and psychological depths through fragmented narratives and generational decay.

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Winner of the 2017 Best Translated Book AwardLonglisted for the 2017 National Translation Award"The book itself is strange--part Faulknerian meditation on the perversities, including sexual, of degenerate country folk; part Dostoevskian examinatio...

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Community Reviews

4.11
based on 100 reviews

Moods

dark: 90%

reflective: 90%

challenging: 50%

emotional: 50%

sad: 50%

mysterious: 40%

tense: 30%

Pace

33% of readers chose medium
66% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

12% of readers chose Plot
87% of readers chose Character
Plot
Character

Strong character development?

37% of readers chose Yes
50% of readers chose Complicated
12% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

12% of readers chose Yes
12% of readers chose Complicated
75% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

75% of readers chose Yes
12% of readers chose Complicated
12% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

100% of readers chose Yes
Yes

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