Manual of Painting and Calligraphy - Couverture souple

Saramago, José

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0547640226 ISBN 13 : 9780547640228

Editeur : Mariner Books, 2012

Synopsis

Book by Saramago Jose

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Manual of Painting and Calligraphy was José Saramago’s first novel. Written eight years before the critically acclaimed Baltasar and Blimunda, it is a story of self-discovery set against the background of the last years of Salazar’s dictatorship. A struggling young artist, commissioned to paint a portrait of an influential industrialist, learns in the process about himself and the world around him. The brilliant juxtaposition of a passionate love story and the crisis of a nation foreshadows all of Saramago’s major works. A must-have for any devotee of the great Portuguese Nobel laureate, Manual of Painting and Calligraphy is available in the United States for the first time.

Revue de presse :

"For a first novel, though, this work displays a masterly grasp of wordplay and other literary devices, and as the translator points out, it can also serve as a map to the political and social themes of Saramago’s future novels."
--Library Journal

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Mariner Books
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0547640226
• ISBN 13: 9780547640228
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256