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The Novels of Jose Saramago. Echoes from the Past, Pathways into the Future.
David G. Frier
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Description for The Novels of Jose Saramago. Echoes from the Past, Pathways into the Future.
Hardback. Jose Saramago was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1998, the first writer in Portuguese to receive the world's most prized literary award. This book covers both his acclaimed historically-based fictions and his, allegorical works, demonstrating the continuity of thought and image between these two phases of the writer's career. Series: Iberian and Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSP; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 432.
In this pioneering study of Saramago's work, David Frier provides a comprehensive introduction for the English-speaking reader to the novels of Portugal's best-known literary figure. Jose Saramago was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1998, the first writer in Portuguese to receive the world's most prized literary award. His works have been translated into twenty-five languages. The book covers both his acclaimed historically-based fictions and his more recent, allegorical works, demonstrating the continuity of thought and image between these two phases of the writer's career. Particular attention is paid to questions of ideological content, the exploitation of specifically Portuguese literary and ... Read more
In this pioneering study of Saramago's work, David Frier provides a comprehensive introduction for the English-speaking reader to the novels of Portugal's best-known literary figure. Jose Saramago was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1998, the first writer in Portuguese to receive the world's most prized literary award. His works have been translated into twenty-five languages. The book covers both his acclaimed historically-based fictions and his more recent, allegorical works, demonstrating the continuity of thought and image between these two phases of the writer's career. Particular attention is paid to questions of ideological content, the exploitation of specifically Portuguese literary and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Iberian and Latin American Studies
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Wales, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780708320150
SKU
V9780708320150
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About David G. Frier
Dr David Frier is Senior Lecturer of Portuguese at the University of Leeds.
Reviews for The Novels of Jose Saramago. Echoes from the Past, Pathways into the Future.
'David Frier has done a great service to the field by publishing the first book in English on Nobel Prize winner Jose Saramago. Frier has written a highly readable and engaging analysis of an author who has long deserved a critical volume in English. His book provides a sensitive and comprehensive reading of Saramago's major novels and is a necessary ... Read more