Raised from the Ground

Author:   Jose Saramago ,  Margaret Jull Costa ,  Margaret Jull Costa
Publisher:   Houghton Mifflin
ISBN:  

9780151013258


Pages:   384
Publication Date:   04 December 2012
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained


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Raised from the Ground


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A multigenerational family saga that paints a sweeping portrait of twentieth-century Portugal First 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. Finally available in English, 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 work.

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Author:   Jose Saramago ,  Margaret Jull Costa ,  Margaret Jull Costa
Publisher:   Houghton Mifflin
Imprint:   Houghton Mifflin
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9780151013258


ISBN 10:   015101325
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   04 December 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained

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Offers insights into the renowned author and his native land. - Kirkus


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