Journey to Portugal: A Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture - Couverture souple

Saramago, José

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1860468721 ISBN 13 : 9781860468728

Editeur : The Harvill Press, 2002

Synopsis

From the misty mountains of the north to the southern seascape of the Algarve, the travels of Nobel Laureate Jose Saramago are a passionate rediscovery of his own land. Setting off in his veteran motor car, Saramago wants to travel to Portugal, as well as through it: by making it his destination the acclaimed writer hopes to take stock of his native land as it hovers on the edge of the modern world. He is no typical guide - he avoids the "sights" in favour of a remote Romanesque church, a cobweb-ridden chapel, the local and the domestic - but, with his deep fount of memory and erudite knowledge, each encounter evoking the span of Portugal's history, he is anyone's idea of a delightful travelling companion.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

José Saramago is one of the most important international writers of the last hundred years. Born in Portugal in 1922, he was in his sixties when he came to prominence as a writer with the publication of Baltasar and Blimunda. A huge body of work followed, translated into more than forty languages, and in 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Saramago died in June 2010.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Harvill Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1860468721
• ISBN 13: 9781860468728
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 464
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