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The Land at the End of the World The Land at the End of the World The Land at the End of the World (pt: Os Cús de Judas, literally the Asses of Judas) is a novel by Portuguese author António Lobo Antunes first published in 1979. It reflects the personal experience of Lobo Antunes as an army doctor sent to Angola during the Portuguese Colonial War. Throughout the book, the reader assumes the position of "interlocutor" to the protagonist, who finds an Angola degraded by colonial conflict, the "unbelievable absurdity of war." The novel touches on several themes: the numberless casualties of war (ignored by the state),