But that wasn't my case. My relationship with books is so old it's hard to say which was the first book I read. I grew up surrounded by books and still live surrounded by books to this day. I read the adventure books all children read, and I remember, when I was still a child, I caught The Lusiads.
It might have been one of the first books I read cover to cover. Afterward, my mother used me in a few moments with friends at home, to recite large excerpts from The Lusiads , which fascinated the adults.
I had the idea that being a diplomat was traveling and attending parties. Now I have some diplomat friends and I discovered that, after all, being a diplomat is traveling and attending parties. There was still a time in high school when I took drama classes and I thought — after all I want to be an actor — but then, when choosing the course, I followed what I had in mind since I was a child. I enrolled in law school and spent three years there.
Then I left college and went traveling. I was abroad between my 20s and 30s. LL: Did that experience give you more than any degree could have? HVDD: Of course! It's an experience I always recommend. It was a seminal time in my life. My original idea was to leave and spend six months in each country, but I ended up living in just two. I spent a few months in London and spent the rest of those years in Amsterdam, a city where there are people of all nationalities, and you meet people from different cultures.
Living in Amsterdam was seeing the world. LL: What books were part of this adventure? Did you take a lot of books with you? Did you bring a lot of books? HVDD: Amsterdam is an extremely small and very populated city, so having a house is very complicated, because of that I moved many times in the early years, and as I kept my apartment in Lisbon, I regularly filled a box with books and sent them to Portugal.
I bought a lot of books because, in addition to reading, I collect books. I met many Dutch authors. It was at that time that I fell in love with Asian literature, with writers from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Africa. LL: You also received this multiculturality from Amsterdam through Literature… HVDD: Yes, because the books that we read, when we are teenagers or young adults, became part of our identity. In fact, what my portuguese friends read at the time was not exactly what the Dutch read, or the Germans, or the French.
When I met people from other nationalities, we shared books that were part of our experience and that was very enriching. LL: You are a voracious reader and book collector as well. Does this fit with an image of a cool and fun person? HVDD: I don't know what image people have of me… But even when I'm working a lot, as is the case right now — I have the radio show and I'm rehearsing a play — I need to read every day, even if it is just one page. It makes me so confused when people say they don't like to read.
For me, it is like saying they don't like to eat or sleep. Reading is not a planned activity, it just happens. Reading is my space for introspection. I read Literature, but also History or Science books. That must have happened to me in Os Maias. HVDD: In the last 10 years, I've moved three times — which is already a pretty boring average — and the books are already the hardest part of moving.
I have a special relationship with my books. For example, I know exactly what my favorite book is, and I know it's because it's that specific object. It was a book given to me by my best friend when I went to live abroad, Anatomy of Restlessness by Bruce Chatwin. And I loved collecting rare books and first editions. I don't do it much yet, but I have some amazing stories with books I bought by chance. I used to go to a fair that happens every Friday in the center of Amsterdam, and I once found a book of one of Maigret's adventures by Georges Simenon , which had been published during the war and was, therefore, a very limited edition.
It was immaculate and I paid three euros for it. In fact, I didn't even pay, because I borrowed the money from a friend who was with me.
When I went home and looked at the last price at which the book had been auctioned, I realized it was worth three thousand euros. Also read our Privacy statement. Cookies that are essential for the basic functioning of the website.
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