The Year of the Death of Ricardo ReisSaramago, Jose
9780151002382
The History of the Siege of Lisbon
Jose Saramago; Giovanni Pontiero
ISBN 10: 015100238X / 0-15-100238-X
ISBN 13: 9780151002382
Publisher: Harcourt
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 13: 9780151002382
Publisher: Harcourt
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Hardcover
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Raimundo Silva, a proofreader at a Portuguese publishing house, takes it upon himself to alter a key word in a text to make it read that in 1147 the king of Portugal reconquered Lisbon from the Saracens without any assistance from the Crusaders. His revision of a signal episode in Portuguese history unexpectedly and inexplicably wins the heart of his supervisor, Maria Sara, a woman of unwavering conviction. Rather than fire him as she ought to, Maria encourages Raimundo to rewrite the history of the siege of Lisbon in the grand style of a historical romance. Around this seemingly minor episode Jose Saramago constructs a broad, multifaceted tableau involving meditations on historiography and the uses and abuses of language, a parable of life under authoritarian rule, and a bittersweet romance.
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"The best work we've seen yet from a consummate artificer who may may well be one of the greatest living novelists."
Kirkus, 03/15/1997
Review:"Serious readers willing to devote the time the book deserves will be dazzled by Saramago's inventiveness, intelligence and wit."
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