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The History of the Siege of Lisbon
by José Saramago, Giovanni Pontiero
by José Saramago, Giovanni Pontiero
324 pages.
Oh, my. What's not to love about Saramago's tale of the tyranny of official history. It's so much more fun to tweak the past a bit.
When a Portuguese proofreader rewrites history by changing a word in a text, he unexpectedly wins the heart of his supervisor, Maria Sara, who encourages him to fabricate more in the grand style of a historical romance.
Around this seemingly minor episode, Jose Saramago, 'Portugal's great fabulist' (Los Angeles Times) constructs one of his most ambitious, sweeping novels to date, a magical tale of love, memory, and the revision of things past.
Oh, my. What's not to love about Saramago's tale of the tyranny of official history. It's so much more fun to tweak the past a bit.
When a Portuguese proofreader rewrites history by changing a word in a text, he unexpectedly wins the heart of his supervisor, Maria Sara, who encourages him to fabricate more in the grand style of a historical romance.
Around this seemingly minor episode, Jose Saramago, 'Portugal's great fabulist' (Los Angeles Times) constructs one of his most ambitious, sweeping novels to date, a magical tale of love, memory, and the revision of things past.
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