By the Rivers of Babylon and Other Stories

This volume of eleven short stories is the first collection of fiction by Jorge de Sena (1919-1978) to be published in English. Sena's stories reveal his broad thematic and technical range. The title story, By The Rivers Of Babylon, is a lyrical piece about the great sixteenth-century Portuguese poet Luis de Camoes. This story, which draws on Sena's own struggles as a poet as well as on his political exile from Portugal in 1959, reflects strong autobiographical themes, as do many of the stories.De Sena, Jorge is the author of 'By the Rivers of Babylon and Other Stories' with ISBN 9780813513881 and ISBN 081351388X.