| Manual of Painting and Calligraphy Contributor(s): Saramago, José (Author) |
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ISBN: 0547640226 ISBN-13: 9780547640228 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Historical - World War Ii |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2012005375 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (0.57 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Portuguese - Ethnic Orientation - Portuguese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Manual of Painting and Calligraphy was Jos 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): 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. |