Antonio Tabucchi (b. 1945) is an Italian writer and specialist in Portuguese literature. The book “Pereira Affirms” brought the author worldwide fame. The novel received four Italian awards and was filmed (starring M. Mastroianni). The conflict of the novel, but in essence, is close to Soviet history: the action takes place in fascist Portugal in 1938. The apparent simplicity of the plot and style of the narrative sets off the exquisite compositional structure of “this testimony.”