Lucio's Confession

Mário de Sá-Carneiro's masterpiece!

This novel brings together three dominant obsessions:
suicide, love and madness.

The novel, published in 1914, is considered one of the most important works of Portuguese literature.

The novel tells the story of Lucio, a prisoner who writes a book to prove his innocence, but Lucio waits until ten years after his conviction to tell his story.

Lucio becomes the lover of his best friend's wife, but he is not the only lover she has. In fact, she may not even be alive.