The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
by:
José Saramago (author)
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis Ricardo Reis was a pseudonym created by Fernando Pessoa, the great Portugese poet. Six weeks, after Pessoa's death, Ricardo Reis returns to Lisbon to take up residence in a hotel,wander the streets, read the newspapers and muse on love, destiny, politics,...
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The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis Ricardo Reis was a pseudonym created by Fernando Pessoa, the great Portugese poet. Six weeks, after Pessoa's death, Ricardo Reis returns to Lisbon to take up residence in a hotel,wander the streets, read the newspapers and muse on love, destiny, politics, life and death with his old friend. Full description
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781860465024 (1860465021)
Publish date: September 17th 1998
Publisher: Vintage Classics
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
20th Century,
Contemporary,
Magical Realism,
Nobel Prize,
Portugal,
Portuguese Literature
"Ricardo Reis lowers the newspaper to look at himself in the mirror, a reflection that is twice deceiving because it shows a deep space then shows that the space is a mere surface where nothing actually happens, only the illusion, external and silent, of persons and things, a tree overhanging a lak...
This book is actually written by Portugese author Jose Saramago (NOT Giovanni Pontiero who is the translator). I cannot seem to edit and correct this. Anyway, it is one of the best books I've ever read (15 years ago)- but I am not sure I would read it now.
Another great novel by Saramago, although I found it tougher to immerse myself in compared to two previous novels of his. Saramago is a philosophical writer, so plot plays a role, but really in terms of providing a vehicle for Saramago's ideas. His political leanings are used in the book, but the fo...
O Ano da Morte de Ricardo Reis, tudo gira à volta de Fernando Pessoa e dos seus heterónimos. Saramago tem uma escrita difícil, complexa mas gostei bastante.
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