História do Cerco de Lisboa
by:
José Saramago (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9789722103756 (972210375X)
Publish date: January 1st 1989
Publisher: Editorial Caminho
Pages no: 348
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Contemporary,
Nobel Prize,
Portugal,
Portuguese Literature
Despite its title The History of the Siege of Lisbon doesn’t revolve around the proven historical facts of 1147, but they serve José Saramago only as background for a love story taking place eight centuries later. Correcting the proofs of a history book Raimundo Benvindo Silva intentionally adds a...
Despite its title The History of the Siege of Lisbon doesn’t revolve around the proven historical facts of 1147, but they serve José Saramago only as background for a love story taking place eight centuries later. Correcting the proofs of a history book Raimundo Benvindo Silva intentionally adds a...
I suspect my 3 stars will be a relatively uncommon response; this strikes me as a love-it-or-hate-it kind of work. I'm literally in two minds: I loved the themes, and grew to like the characters, but I don't have the patience for the stream of consciousness style. I know that it's deliberate, with c...
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