From the recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature, a “brilliant...enchanting novel” (New York Times Book Review) of romance, deceit, religion, and magic set in eighteenth-century Portugal at the height of the Inquisition. National bestseller. T
The world's threats are universal like the sun but Ricardo Reis takes shelter under his own shadow.Back in Lisbon after sixteen years practicing medicine in Brazil, Ricardo Reis wanders the rain-sodden streets. He longs for the unattainably aristocratic M
In this landmark book, Seven Stories Press presents a powerful collection of literary, philosophical, and political writings of the masked Zapatista spokesperson, Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos. Introduced by Nobel Prize winner Jos� Saramago, and illus
When José Saramago decided to write a book about Portugal some twenty years ago, his only desire was that it be unlike all other books on the subject, and in this he certainly has succeeded. Recording the events and observations of a journey across the l
Con un estilo sencillo y desnudo, Saramago describe los hechos, grandes y pequeños, que nunca, desde aquellos tiernos años, lograron desvanecerse en el tejido del recuerdo. De todos ellos, los más vívidos serán aquellos que acompañaron el despertar
By the author of Baltasar and Blimunda. The last years of Salazar's dictatorship provide a backdrop for this novel. The story is told by H, a second-rate artist commissioned by a wealthy client to paint a family portrait. As he works, he reflects on his s
En el Portugal rural, magistralmente plasmado en la historia de una familia del Alentejo desde 1910 hasta 1979, incluyendo la Revolución de los Claveles, asistimos a un cuadro de ignorancia, pobreza y sumisión, descrito con amargura punzante, que nos ll
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