Os incuráveis

Os incuráveis (1956), translated as "The Incurables," is a novel by Portuguese writer Agustina Bessa-Luís. It is one of her well-known early works, following her acclaimed novel A Sibila. Bessa-Luís's fiction is noted for diverging from the prevailing neorealism in mid-20th century Portuguese literature by incorporating surrealist elements. Her writing often blurs the lines between physical, psychological, and ironic reality, creating characters with a mythic quality and making notions of time and space fluid. Her prose has been described as "metaphysical" and "ultra-psychological," showing influences from authors like Marcel Proust and Franz Kafka.1