Eça de Queirós

One of the leading intellectuals of the “Generation of 1870,” José Maria de Eça de Queirós (1845–1900) wrote twenty books, founded literary reviews, and for most of his life also worked as a diplomat, in Havana, London, and Paris. New Directions also publishes his novels The Crime of Father AmaroThe MaiasThe Mountain and the City, The Yellow Sofa, and The Illustrious House of Ramires.

Eça de Queirós

One of the leading intellectuals of the “Generation of 1870,” José Maria de Eça de Queirós (1845–1900) wrote twenty books, founded literary reviews, and for most of his life also worked as a diplomat, in Havana, London, and Paris. New Directions also publishes his novels The Crime of Father AmaroThe MaiasThe Mountain and the City, The Yellow Sofa, and The Illustrious House of Ramires.

Books by Eça de Queirós

  • The Yellow Sofa

    José Maria de Eça de Queirós, John Vetch

    Paperback, 2016

    A compassionate tale of marriage, manners, and betrayal, from the Portuguese master
  • The Yellow Sofa

    José Maria de Eça de Queirós, John Vetch

    E Book, 2016

    A compassionate tale of marriage, manners, and betrayal, from the Portuguese master
  • Adam and Eve in Paradise

    Eça de Queirós, Margaret Jull Costa

    Paperback, 2025

    Never before in English, this delectable novella offers a hilarious new version of Genesis, where, rather than living in innocent bliss, Adam and Eve live in terror of being stomped by an...
  • Adam and Eve in Paradise

    Eça de Queirós, Margaret Jull Costa

    E Book

    Never before in English, this delectable novella offers a hilarious new version of Genesis, where, rather than living in innocent bliss, Adam and Eve live in terror of being stomped by an...