The Hypercontemporary Novel in Portugal: Fictional Aesthetics and Memory After Postmodernism - Hardcoverby Paulo de Medeiros (Editor), Ana Paula Arnaut (Editor) The first volume of critical essays on the contemporary Portuguese novel in English, this book theorizes the concept of the 'hypercontemporary' as a way of reading the novel after its postmodern period. This inquiry into the notion of the hypercontemporary in its literary and cultural articulations analyzes a varied group of works representative of the most vibrant novels published in Portugal