A delightful, witty tale of friendship and adventure from prize-winning novelist Jose Saramago
In 1551, King Joao III of Portugal gave Archduke Maximilian an unusual wedding present: an elephant named Solomon. In Jose Saramago's remarkable and imaginative retelling, Solomon and his keeper, Subhro, begin in dismal conditions, forgotten in a corner of the palace grounds. When it occurs to the king and queen that an elephant would be an appropriate wedding gift, everyone rushes to get them ready: Subhro is given two new suits of clothes and Solomon a long overdue scrub. Accompanied by the...
A delightful, witty tale of friendship and adventure from prize-winning novelist Jose Saramago
In 1551, King Joao III of Portugal gave Archduke ...
Manual of Painting and Calligraphy was Jose 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...
Manual of Painting and Calligraphy was Jose Saramago's first novel. Written eight years before the critically acclaimed Baltasar and Blimund...
Small Memories is a . . . nourishing last gift from a great writer. Washington Post Shifting back and forth between childhood and his teenage years, between Azinhaga and Lisbon, this is a mosaic of memories, a simply told, affecting look into the author s boyhood: the tragic death of his older brother at the age of four; his mother pawning the family s blankets every spring and buying them back in time for winter; his beloved grandparents bringing the weaker piglets into their bed on cold nights; and Saramago s early encounters with literature, from teaching himself to read by...
Small Memories is a . . . nourishing last gift from a great writer. Washington Post Shifting back and forth between childhood and his teena...
Saramago juxtaposes an eminently readable narrative of work and poverty, class and desire, knowledge and timelessness one in which God, too, as he faces Cain in the wake of Noah's Ark, emerges as far more human than expected. San Francisco Chronicle In this, his last novel, Jose Saramago daringly reimagines the characters and narratives of the Old Testament, recalling his provocative The Gospel According to Jesus Christ. His tale runs from the Garden of Eden, when God realizes he has forgotten to give Adam and Eve the gift of speech, to the moment when Noah s Ark lands on...
Saramago juxtaposes an eminently readable narrative of work and poverty, class and desire, knowledge and timelessness one in which God, too, as he fac...
-Essential...A novel that resounds with relevance for our own time.- --New York Times Book ReviewFirst published in 1980, the City of Lisbon Prize-winning Raised from the Ground follows the changing fortunes of the Mau Tempo family--poor landless peasants not unlike Saramago's own grandparents. Set in Alentejo, a southern province of Portugal known for its vast agricultural estates, the novel charts the lives of the Mau Tempos as national and international events rumble on in the background--the coming of the republic in Portugual, the two world wars, and an attempt...
-Essential...A novel that resounds with relevance for our own time.- --New York Times Book ReviewFirst published in 1980, the City o...
The inklings of Saramago s style swell throughout . . . "Skylight" shines. " New York Times" Unmistakably Saramago . . . There is no shortage of wonders to be found in "Skylight"]. "Washington Post" A fascinating and startlingly mature work . . . The book is a gem. "Boston Globe" Lisbon, late 1940s. The inhabitants of a faded apartment building are struggling to make ends meet: Silvio the cobbler and his wife take in a disaffected young lodger; Dona Lidia, a retired prostitute, is kept by a businessman with a roving eye. Humble salesman Emilio s Spanish wife is in a permanent...
The inklings of Saramago s style swell throughout . . . "Skylight" shines. " New York Times" Unmistakably Saramago . . . There is no shortage of ...
Y si la gente dejara de morirse? En un pais cuyo nombre no sera mencionado, se produce algo nunca visto desde el principio del mundo: la muerte decide suspender su trabajo letal, la gente deja de morir. La euforia colectiva se desata, pero muy pronto dara paso a la desesperacion y al caos. Sobran los motivos. Si es cierto que las personas ya no mueren, eso no significa que el tiempo se haya detenido. El destino de los humanos sera una vejez eterna. Se buscaran maneras de forzar a la muerte a matar aunque no lo quiera, se corromperan las conciencias en los acuerdos de caballeros...
Y si la gente dejara de morirse? En un pais cuyo nombre no sera mencionado, se produce algo nunca visto desde el principio del mundo: la mu...
Saramago, un escritor que se ha convertido en la conciencia lucida de una epoca cegada por los mecanismos del poder, lanza una llamada de alerta: Puede suceder que un dia tengamos que preguntarnos Quien ha firmado esto por mi. Ese dia puede ser hoy. Durante las elecciones municipales de una ciudad sin nombre, la mayoria de sus habitantes decide individualmente ejercer su derecho al voto de una manera inesperada. El gobierno teme que ese gesto revolucionario, capaz de socavar los cimientos de una democracia degenerada, sea producto de una conjura anarquista internacional o de grupos...
Saramago, un escritor que se ha convertido en la conciencia lucida de una epoca cegada por los mecanismos del poder, lanza una llamada de alerta: Pued...
