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OverviewFrom Nobel Prize-winner José Saramago, ""a capacious, funny, threatening novel"" of wandering souls and political upheaval in 1930s Portugal (New York Times Book Review). The year is 1936, and the dictator António de Oliveira Salazar is establishing himself in Portugal, edging his country toward civil war. At the same time, Dr. Ricardo Reis has returned home to Lisbon after a long sojourn in Brazil. What's brought him back is word that the great poet, Fernando Pessoa, has died. With no intention of resuming his practice, Reis now dabbles in his own poetry, wastes his days strolling the boulevards and back streets, engages in affairs with two different women--and is followed through each excursion by Pessoa's ghost. As a fascist revolution roils, and as Reis's path intersects with three relative strangers--two living, one dead--Reis may finally discover the reality of his own chimerical existence. Called ""a magnificent tour-de-force, perhaps one of the best novels published in Europe since World War II"" (Bloomsbury Review) and ""altogether remarkable"" (Wall Street Journal), The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis is a PEN Award winner. Full Product DetailsAuthor: José Saramago , Giovanni PontieroPublisher: Harpervia Imprint: Harpervia Dimensions: Width: 13.70cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.318kg ISBN: 9780156996938ISBN 10: 0156996936 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 20 October 2022 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationJOSÉ 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |