Heart, Head and Stomach
Camilo Castelo Branco · Translated by Francis More
What does a man do when love, ambition, and appetite all fail him? Silvestre da Silva tries all three — and fails at all three, magnificently.
In the decade his heart governs, he woos seven women, then a woman the world respects, then one the world despises — and ends up nowhere. When his head takes over, he turns to journalism, schemes, and systems, certain that ambition will finally make him somebody. It doesn't. So his stomach decides: he retreats to a country house in Soutêlo, marries Thomazia, and settles for a life of appetite and bodily comfort.
Presented as the posthumous papers of a hapless hero, gathered and mockingly annotated by an editor who is really Camilo Castelo Branco himself, this is a self-portrait in three failing organs. Now, at last, the Portuguese Balzac's wickedly funny, deflating masterpiece appears in its first-ever English translation, by Francis More.
COMING SOON!
Book Details
| Title | Heart, Head and Stomach |
| Author | Camilo Castelo Branco |
| Translated by | Francis More |
| Genre | Literary Fiction · Classics · Satire · World Literature (Portuguese in translation) |
| ISBN | 978-1-926716-89-3 |
| Pages | 214 |
| Price | $25.00 CAD |
| Format | Paperback |
| Publisher | 8th House Publishing |
| Release Date | Dec 1, 2026 |
BISAC Categories:
- BISAC: FIC019000 (Literary), FIC004000 (Classics) , FIC052000 (Satire)
- Thema: FBC · FYB · 1DSP