Night Train To Lisbon - Couverture souple

Mercier, Pascal

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1843547120 ISBN 13 : 9781843547129

Editeur : Atlantic Books, 2008

Synopsis

Night Train to Lisbon tells the story of mild-mannered, middle-aged Classics scholar Raimund Gregorius. When, one afternoon, he walks out of his class while giving a lesson, his uncharacteristic impulsiveness surprises him as much as his students. This break from his hitherto predictable routine is driven by two chance encounters - the first with a mysterious Portuguese woman, and the with second a book discovered in a forgotten corner of an old bookshop, the journal of an enigmatic Portuguese aristocrat. With the book as his talisman, Mundus finds himself boarding the night train to Lisbon on a journey to find out more about its author, Amadeu del Prado - who was this man whose words both haunt and compel him, seeming somehow clairvoyant? His investigations lead him all over the city, and bring him into contact with those who were entangled in Prado's life. Gradually, he makes unexpected friends and the picture of an extraordinary man emerges: a difficult, brilliant, charismatic man, a doctor and a poet, and a rebel against Salazar's dictatorship. And as Prado's story comes to light so, too, Gregorius himself begins his life anew. Hurtling through the dark, Night Train to Lisbon is a rich tale, wonderful told, propelled both by the mystery at its heart and its evocative subject.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

PASCAL MERCIER was born in 1944 in Bern, Switzerland, and currently lives in Berlin where he is a professor of philosophy. Night Train to Lisbon is his third novel.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Atlantic Books
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1843547120
• ISBN 13: 9781843547129
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 448
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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