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Jos e Saramago Giovanni Pontiero The History of the Siege of Lisbon (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- History of the Siege of Lisbon
- Publication Name
- The History of the Siege of Lisbon
- Title
- The History of the Siege of Lisbon
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0156006243
- EAN
- 9780156006248
- ISBN
- 9780156006248
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Genre
- Fiction
- Release Year
- 1998
- Release Date
- 01/09/1998
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Item Length
- 8in
- Item Weight
- 9.9 Oz
- Publication Year
- 1998
- Topic
- Thrillers / Historical, Historical
- Item Width
- 5.3in
- Number of Pages
- 324 Pages
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In this "ingenious" novel (New York Times) by "one of Europe's most original and remarkable writers" (Los Angeles Times), a proofreader's deliberate slip opens the door to romance-and confounds the facts of Portugal's past. Translated by Giovanni Pontiero.
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HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0156006243
ISBN-13
9780156006248
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594270
Product Key Features
Book Title
History of the Siege of Lisbon
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Thrillers / Historical, Historical
Publication Year
1998
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
324 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
9.9 Oz
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Portuguese novelist Saramago (The Stone Raft, LJ 2/15/95) is fascinated by how history, often constructed from the slightest shreds, fails to acknowledge the reality of unavailable evidence. When proofreader Raimundo Silva dares to falsify a statement in a history text'namely, that Galician warriors conquered Lisbon from the Moors in 1147 without the help of returning Crusaders'instead of losing his job, he gains the respect of his supervisor and begins an affair with her. She encourages him to recast the event as a novel. Soon he is rooting for a Moor over the Archbishop of Braga and suspecting that there is more Moorish than Aryan Christian blood in the modern Portuguese nation. With its paragraph-long sentences and page-long paragraphs, this panoramic tale of daring and timidity challenges readers to consider the sprawling no man's land where fiction and history merge.'Jack Shreve, Allegany Community Coll., Cumberland, Md., "If proofreaders were given their freedom and did not have their hands and feet tied by a mass of prohibitions more binding than the penal code, they would soon transform the face of the world, establish the kingdom of universal happiness, giving drink to the thirsty, food to the famished, peace to those who live in turmoil, joy to the sorrowful ... for they would be able to do all these things simply by changing the words ..." The power of the word is evident in Portuguese author José Saramago's novel, The History of the Siege of Lisbon. His protagonist, a proofreader named Raimundo Silva, adds a key word to a history of Portugal and thus rewrites not only the past, but also his own life. Brilliantly translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero, The History of the Siege of Lisbon is a meditation on the differences between historiography, historical fiction, and "stories inserted into history." The novel is really two stories in one: the reimagined history of the 1147 siege of Lisbon that Raimundo feels compelled to write and the story of Raimundo's life, including his unexpected love affair with the editor, Maria Sara. In Saramago's masterful hands, the strands of this complex tale weave together to create a satisfying whole.
Copyright Date
1998
Lccn
96-046826
Intended Audience
Trade
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