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"Saramago writes possibly the most beautiful but certainly the most precise and differentiated Portuguese prose of our time"
WALTER HAUBRICH, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
"A man went to knock at the king's door and said, Give me a boat. The king's house had many other doors, but this was the door for favours (favours being offered to the king, you understand), whenever he heard someone knocking on the door for petitions, he would pretend not to hear..." Why the petitioner required a boat, where he was bound for, and who volunteered to crew for him and what cargo it was found to be carrying the reader will discover as this short narrative unfolds. And at the end it will be clear that what night appear to be a children's fable is in fact a wry, witty Philosophical Tale that would not have displeased Voltaire or Swift.
"Saramago is a writer of formidable talent and extraordinary imagination"
La Repubblica, Milan
"He is one of the rare contemporary novelists who works out his text as a veritable narrative mechanism: the carefully planned , somewhat complex architecture of his books gives them the tautness found in the best mystery novels, whose construction is of course their determining factor"
Liberation, Paris
"To speak of novels of Jose Saramago is to speak of the sheer pleasure of reading"
O Diario, Lisbon
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WALTER HAUBRICH, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
"A man went to knock at the king's door and said, Give me a boat. The king's house had many other doors, but this was the door for favours (favours being offered to the king, you understand), whenever he heard someone knocking on the door for petitions, he would pretend not to hear..." Why the petitioner required a boat, where he was bound for, and who volunteered to crew for him and what cargo it was found to be carrying the reader will discover as this short narrative unfolds. And at the end it will be clear that what night appear to be a children's fable is in fact a wry, witty Philosophical Tale that would not have displeased Voltaire or Swift.
"Saramago is a writer of formidable talent and extraordinary imagination"
La Repubblica, Milan
"He is one of the rare contemporary novelists who works out his text as a veritable narrative mechanism: the carefully planned , somewhat complex architecture of his books gives them the tautness found in the best mystery novels, whose construction is of course their determining factor"
Liberation, Paris
"To speak of novels of Jose Saramago is to speak of the sheer pleasure of reading"
O Diario, Lisbon
"Saramago writes possibly the most beautiful but certainly the most precise and differentiated Portuguese prose of our time" (Walter Haubrich Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
"Saramago is a writer, like Faulkner, so confident of his resources and ultimate destination that he can bring any improbability to life" (John Updike)
"No candidate for a Nobel Prize has a better claim to lasting recognition than this novelist" (Edmund White)
"He was the equal of Philip Roth, Günter Grass, Thomas Pynchon and Don DeLillo. His genius was remarkably versatile - he was at once a great comic and a writer of shocking earnestness and grim poignancy" (Harold Bloom)
"Saramago is a writer of formidable talent and extraordinary imagination" (La Repubblica)
"Saramago is a writer, like Faulkner, so confident of his resources and ultimate destination that he can bring any improbability to life" (John Updike)
"No candidate for a Nobel Prize has a better claim to lasting recognition than this novelist" (Edmund White)
"He was the equal of Philip Roth, Günter Grass, Thomas Pynchon and Don DeLillo. His genius was remarkably versatile - he was at once a great comic and a writer of shocking earnestness and grim poignancy" (Harold Bloom)
"Saramago is a writer of formidable talent and extraordinary imagination" (La Repubblica)
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- ÉditeurHarvill Press
- Date d'édition1999
- ISBN 10 1860466907
- ISBN 13 9781860466908
- ReliureBroché
- Nombre de pages48
- IllustrateurSis Peter
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Description du livre Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. A wonderful and witty book, part folk fable, part philosophical tale, by the winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for Literature and the greatest Portuguese writer of his time."A man went to knock at the king's door and said, Give me a boat. The king's house had many other doors, but this was the door for petitions. Since the king spent all his time sitting by the door for favours (favours being offered to the king, you understand), whenever he heard someone knocking on the door for petitions, he would pretend not to hear."Why the petitioner required a boat, where he was bound for, and who volunteered to crew for him and what cargo it was found to be carrying the reader will discover as this short narrative unfolds. And at the end it will be clear that what night appear to be a children's fable is in fact a wry, witty Philosophical Tale that would not have displeased Voltaire or Swift. A man knocked on the King's door to ask for a boat. Why the petitioner required a boat, where he was bound for, and who volunteered to crew for him the reader will discover as this short narrative unfolds. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781860466908
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Description du livre Etat : New. A man knocked on the King's door to ask for a boat. Why the petitioner required a boat, where he was bound for, and who volunteered to crew for him the reader will discover as this short narrative unfolds. Illustrator(s): Sis, Peter. Translator(s): Jull Costa, Margaret. Num Pages: 48 pages, 4 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 108. . 1999. First Edition. Paperback. . . . . N° de réf. du vendeur V9781860466908
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Description du livre Etat : New. A man knocked on the King's door to ask for a boat. Why the petitioner required a boat, where he was bound for, and who volunteered to crew for him the reader will discover as this short narrative unfolds. Illustrator(s): Sis, Peter. Translator(s): Jull Costa, Margaret. Num Pages: 48 pages, 4 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 108. . 1999. First Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. N° de réf. du vendeur V9781860466908
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