Alabardas

Months before his death, Saramago again felt the urge to reflect, through fiction, on one of his greatest life concerns: the violence perpetrated against individuals and societies. This unfinished story introduces us to Artur Paz Semedo, an employee at an arms factory, who, intrigued by the sabotage of a bomb during the Spanish Civil War and encouraged by Felícia, his ex-wife, delves into the intricacies of a turbulent era and a profound moral dilemma.