José Saramago
1) Blindness
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An epidemic of blindness strikes a city and the result is chaos, the government issuing shoot-to-kill orders. Much of the action is seen through the eyes of a woman who claims to be blind so she won't be separated from her husband. A look at how people behave under stress. By the author of The History of the Siege of Lisbon.
2) Skylight
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"A previously unpublished novel by a literary master, Skylight tells the intertwined stories of the residents of a faded apartment building in 1940s Lisbon. Silvestre and Mariana, a happily married elderly couple, take in a young nomad, Abel, and soon discover their many differences. Adriana loves Beethoven more than any man, but her budding sexuality brings new feelings to the surface. Carmen left Galicia to marry humble Emilio, but hates Lisbon...
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“A romance and an adventure, a rumination on royalty and religion in 18th-century Portugal and a bitterly ironic comment on the uses of power.” —The New York Times
Portugal, 1711. The Portuguese king promises the greedy prelates of the Church an expansive new convent, should they intercede with God to give him an heir. A lonely priest works in maniacal solitude on his Passarola, a heretical flying machine he hopes...
Portugal, 1711. The Portuguese king promises the greedy prelates of the Church an expansive new convent, should they intercede with God to give him an heir. A lonely priest works in maniacal solitude on his Passarola, a heretical flying machine he hopes...
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"On the first day of the new year, no one dies. This, understandably, causes consternation among politicians, religious leaders, funeral directors, and doctors. Among the general public, on the other hand, there is initially celebration - flags are hung out on balconies, people dance in the streets. They have achieved the great goal of humanity: eternal life. Then reality hits home - families are left to care for the permanently dying, life-insurance...
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Un hallazgo inesperado con el que celebrar el 20.º aniversario de la concesión del Premio a José Saramago. «Eran días de hace veinte años, eran días de hoy. El autor diciéndose de nuevo en Lanzarote, las palabras saliendo a borbotones, mes a mes, un año entero, ese año.» Pilar del Río
Fruto de un hallazgo fortuito en el archivo de José Saramago, este libro es el último de los diarios personales que el escritor portugués dejó escrito...
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A “winkingly blasphemous retelling of the Old Testament” by the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Gospel According the Jesus Christ (The New Yorker).
In José Saramago final novel, he daringly reimagines the characters and narratives of the Old Testament. Placing the despised murderer Cain in the role of protagonist, this epic tale ranges from the Garden of Eden, when God realizes he has
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Un precioso y poético álbum escrito por José Saramago con evocadoras ilustraciones de Amanda Mijangos.
«Antes de construir el primer barco, el hombre se sentó en la playa a mirar el mar».
Esta es la historia de un hombre que vive al lado del mar. Es el mismo mar el que le da todo lo que necesita para sobrevivir. La vida espera, pero hace falta coraje para adentrarse en las aguas sonoras de este océano. El hombre sabe que este mar que le da...
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A “marvelously amusing” political fable in which part of the European continent breaks off and drifts away on its own (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
A Nobel Prize winner who has been called “the García Márquez of Portugal” (New Statesman) chronicles world events on a human scale in this exhilarating allegorical novel.
One day, quite inexplicably,...
A Nobel Prize winner who has been called “the García Márquez of Portugal” (New Statesman) chronicles world events on a human scale in this exhilarating allegorical novel.
One day, quite inexplicably,...
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« Et pourquoi veux-tu donc un bateau, peut-on le savoir, tel fut en effet ce que le roi lui demanda quand il se considéra suffisamment bien installé sur la chaise de la servante, Pour me lancer à la recherche de l'île inconnue, répondit l'homme, Quelle île inconnue, demanda le roi en déguisant son rire, comme s'il avait devant lui un fou délirant, un de ces fous qui ont la marotte de la navigation et qu'il ne faut surtout pas contrarier dès...
11) Seeing
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On election day in the capital, it is raining so hard that no one has come out to vote. The politicians are growing jittery. Should they reschedule for another day? Around three o'clock, the rain finally stops. At four, voters rush to the polling stations, as if ordered to appear. But when the ballots are counted, more than 70% are blank. The citizens are rebellious. A state of emergency is declared. The president proposes that a wall be built around...
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En este libro fundamental, Seven Stories Press presenta una poderosa colección de escritos literarios, filosóficos y políticos del enigmático vocero de los zapatistas, SubComandante Marcos. Con la Introducción del ganador del Premio Nobel, José Saramago, e ilustrado con bellas fotos en blanco y negro, Nuestra Arma es Nuestra Palabra cristaliza, la pasión de un rebelde, la poesía de un movimiento y el genio literario...
