EPIGRAPH · VIRGIL, ÆNEID VI
mens agitat molem
the mind moves matter
My homeland
is the Portuguese language.
— BERNARDO SOARES, The Book of Disquiet
This is a crossing. Eight centuries of a language that learned to sing, navigate, doubt, multiply, resist, return. Each era brought its own identity — and its authors. Begin wherever you like.
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ERAS · I — VI
mens.agem · a module in the agem system
«Language is the only homeland of those with no house anywhere — yet the most expansive home of all.» The message gathered here belongs to books that speak of Portugal and Portugueseness, whether from Lisbon, Recife, Maputo or Luanda. To buy is possible; to read is the aim.