I am not sure if you are Portuguese or Brazilian, and this is probably way too obvious but... if you haven't: do read Guimarães Rosa. Like Saramago, his writin

I am not sure if you are Portuguese or Brazilian, and this is probably way too obvious but... if you haven't: do read Guimarães Rosa. Like Saramago, his writing takes a while to sink in, but once it does, you're hooked. To me he's the best Portuguese language writer in the 20th century. Cheers