Manual of Painting and Calligraphy

by Jose Saramago

2021-01-02 02:35:09

Manual of Painting and Calligraphy was Jose Saramago''s first novel. Written eight years before the critically acclaimed Baltasar and Blimunda, it is a story of self-discovery set against the background of the last years of Salazar''s dictatorship. ... Read more
Manual of Painting and Calligraphy was Jose Saramago''s first novel. Written eight years before the critically acclaimed Baltasar and Blimunda, it is a story of self-discovery set against the background of the last years of Salazar''s dictatorship. A struggling young artist, commissioned to paint a portrait of an influential industrialist, learns in the process about himself and the world around him. The brilliant juxtaposition of a passionate love story and the crisis of a nation foreshadows all of Saramago''s major works. A must-have for any devotee of the great Portuguese Nobel laureate, Manual of Painting and Calligraphy is now available in the United States. Less

Book Details

File size8.25 X 5.5 X 0.61 in
Print pages256
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date May 1, 2012
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780547640228
José de Sousa Saramago, GColSE (16 Nov 1922 – 18 June 2010), was a Portuguese writer and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature. His works, some of which can be seen as allegories, commonl...

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