Botticelli's Boy

Published in 2002, it won the Pen Club Fiction Prize. It explores the decline of a famous dancer, using this story as a means to reflect on various themes. 

Mafalda Ivo Cruz is a Portuguese writer, translator and essayist. Her work is distinguished by the search for an emotional truth. In Pequena Europa, she confirms herself as one of the most elegant and intense voices in contemporary Portuguese literature. She is the author of Um Requiem Português (1995), A Casa do Diabo (2000), O Rapaz de Botticelli (2002, Pen Club Fiction Prize), Vermelho (2003, APE Grand Prize for Novels and Novellas 2004), Emma (2004) and Oz (2006).