The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis

The world's threats are universal like the sun but Ricardo Reis takes shelter under his own shadow. Back in Lisbon after sixteen years practising medicine in Brazil, Ricardo Reis wanders the rain-sodden streets. His old friend, the poet Fernando Pessoa, returns to see him, still wearing the suit he was buried in six weeks earlier.

Amenintarile lumii sunt universale ca soarele, dar Ricardo Reis se adaposteste sub propria sa umbra. Intors la Lisabona, dupa saisprezece ani in care a practicat medicina in Brazilia, Ricardo Reis se plimba pe strazile pline de ploaie.