Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
19 November 2018
Summary
H. is a struggling artist with a commission to paint a portrait of a well-known industrialist. Whilst the industrialist sits for the portrait, H. begins an affair with his subject’s secretary. Meanwhile the painting starts to fail. For inspiration H. takes a trip to Italy to contemplate the works of the great artists, but when his friend back home is arrested by the secret police of Salazar’s regime, H. is pulled back to Portugal. Art, sexuality and politics collide in Saramago’s first novel.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784872915 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784872911 |
| Author: | José Saramago, Dr Giovanni Pontiero |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 19 November 2018 |
| Weight: | 244g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 19mm |
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Saramago writes beautifully, and his style is ruminative…for those who appreciate finely wrought, meditative prose
Saramago writes beautifully, and his style is ruminative…for those who appreciate finely wrought, meditative prose * Kirkus *
About The Author
José Saramago
Jose Saramago is one of the most important international writers of the last hundred years. Born in Portugal in 1922, he was in his sixties when he came to prominence as a writer with the publication of Baltasar and Blimunda. A huge body of work followed, translated into more than forty languages, and in 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Saramago died in June 2010.
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