The novel As Naus, by António Lobo Antunes, tells us about a country properly fragmented. In this book, the author strengthens this fact which a plot whose structure does not follow any lines - including those of chronological and narrative order. This novel, therefore, potentiates the splinter of Portugal’s own identity. After all, I believe the main theme of As Naus represents the exact point of rupture where the peninsular country thought she could find itself to, just after that, get lost - perhaps irreparably.