So long, Mr. Shepard

“There are these territories inside all of us, like a child or a father or the whole man,” he said, “and that’s what interests me more than anything: where those territories lie.

“I mean, you have these assumptions about somebody and all of a sudden this other thing appears. Where is that coming from?

“That’s the mystery. That’s what’s so fascinating.”

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Obituário: Gore Vidal (1925 - 2012)

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"Gore Vidal - literary lion, political gadfly, raconteur and friend of the famous. Vidal is renowned for his historical novels, essays, plays and more. For more than half-a-century, he has been an outspoken critic of American imperialism and more. Now at the age of eighty-one, Vidal looks back on his remarkable life in the second volume of his memoirs. The book is called "Point to Point Navigation"."

Deste autor saiu há anos na Colecção Mil Folhas do Público este livro, uma narrativa extraordinária, crítica mas bem humorada acerca da História dos Estados Unidos que o sistema esconde dos manuais e dos media. Recomendo vivamente.