Ana Aranha and Carlos Ademar will talk about the book “No Limite da Dor”, written by both of them, in a conversation scheduled for next Friday, April 13, at 18:00, at the Álvaro de Campos Municipal Library, in Tavira.
Based on Antena 1's homonymous program, “On the edge of pain”, this work is a tribute to the courage of all fighters, humiliated and tortured, whose body and soul were reduced to their most primal expression, victims of the barbarity of the police in Salazar.
The book contains unpublished testimonies from former political prisoners, such as Fernando Rosas, Edmundo Pedro, Conceição Matos, Helena Pato, Joaquim Monteiro Matias, José Pedro Soares, Justino Pinto de Andrade or Luís Moita, among many others.
44 years later after the 25th of April, former political prisoners speak of their passage through the Estado Novo jails. In an exercise that is often painful, they rescue a violent past from the depths of their memories, which translates into intense testimonies, bitter or calm, resentful or pardoned.
Ana Aranha was born in Torres Vedras. She has a degree in Communication Sciences. In 1986, he joined Antena 1, where he performed numerous programs, including “Portugal in the First War”, “The Spanish Civil War”, “The Centenary of the Republic”, “Clandestine Stories”, “No Limite da Dor” or “A Vida dos Sons”, this one with Iolanda Ferreira. In 2011 she was awarded the SPA Pro-Author Award.
In 2017, the program “Shut Up, Never!” received the Human Rights & Integration Journalism Award in the radio category, awarded by the UNESCO National Commission and the General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. He is also responsible for the cycle of get-togethers “Vidas Prisonáveis”, organized by the Museu do Aljube – Liberdade e Resistencia.
Carlos Ademar was born in Vinhais. Degree in History and Master in Contemporary History (Universidade Nova de Lisboa). He is a professor at the Judiciary Police School, collaborated in the formation of investigative bodies of the PALOP and is one of the founders of the Criminal Investigation Journal.
He is the author of the biography “Vítor Alves: The Man, the Military, the Politician” and of the novels “O Caso da Rua Direita”, “O Homem da Carbonária”, “Strange Form of Life”, “Memories of a Romantic Assassin”, “Spring Deferred”, “O Bairro”, “O Chalet das Larks” and “Na Vertigem da Traição”.
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