Product Description

Crossing his native land from northeast to southwest, the great novelist explores the villages and towns of Portugal and discovers what it is that binds him to his country and his people. Climbing into his aged motor, Jose Saramago's trip across Portugal is a voyage of discovery about his own land. His attention to all he sees is meticulous, whether it be a cobweb-ridden chapel or a grand urban mansion, and each unlocks a thousand memories - of kings, warriors, painters, explorers, writers, saints and sinners. What unites his observations is Saramago's distinctive character as a travelling companion: whether genial after a glass of wine and a drive through misty mountains, or tetchy at being greeted in English by an Algarve hotelier, he is invariably delightful and stimulating company.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #31202 in Books
• Published on: 2002-01-24
• Original language: Portuguese
• Binding: Paperback
• 416 pages

Review
"I'm hard pressed to think of another writer who makes me stop as Saramago does, to go back and discover the meaning of history or allegory in all its wild newness" Julian Evans, Financial Times; "None but Saramago could produce travel writing like this" Henry Sheen, New Statesman

About the Author
Jose Saramago, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998, was born in Portugal in 1922. His oeuvre, which embraces plays, poetry, short stories, non-fiction and several novels, has established him as Portugal's most influential living writer.