| Raised from the Ground Contributor(s): Saramago, José (Author) |
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ISBN: 0544102738 ISBN-13: 9780544102736 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $19.94 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Historical - World War Ii - Fiction | Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 5.29" W x 8.06" (0.66 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Essential...A novel that resounds with relevance for our own time. --New York Times Book ReviewFirst published in 1980, the City of Lisbon Prize-winning Raised from the Ground follows the changing fortunes of the Mau Tempo family--poor landless peasants not unlike Saramago's own grandparents. Set in Alentejo, a southern province of Portugal known for its vast agricultural estates, the novel charts the lives of the Mau Tempos as national and international events rumble on in the background--the coming of the republic in Portugual, the two world wars, and an attempt on the dictator Salazar's life. Yet nothing really impinges on the grim reality of the farm laborers' lives until the first communist stirrings. Raised from the Ground is Saramago's most deeply personal novel, the book in which he found the signature style and voice that distinguishes all of his brilliant works. |
Contributor Bio(s): Costa, Margaret Jull: - MARGARET JULL COSTA has established herself as the premier translator of Portuguese literature into English today.Saramago, Jose: - JOSÉ SARAMAGO (1922-2010) was the author of many novels, among them Blindness, All the Names, Baltasar and Blimunda, and The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis. In 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. |