by Margaret Jull Costa (Translator), Margaret Jull Costa (Translator), Margaret Jull Costa (Translator), José Saramago (Author)
Called `the book lost and found in time' by its author, Skylight is one of Saramago's earliest novels. The manuscript was lost in the publishers' offices in Lisbon for decades, and is only now being published in English. Lisbon, late-1940s. The inhabitants of an old apartment block are struggling to make ends meet. There's the elderly shoemaker and his wife who take in a solitary young lodger; the woman who sells herself for money, clothes and jewellery; the cultivated family come down in the world, who live only for each other and for music; and the beautiful typist whose boss can't keep his eyes off her. Poisonous relationships, happy marriages, jealousy, gossip and love - Skylight brings together all the joys and grief of ordinary people.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 02 Jul 2015
ISBN 10: 0099581825
ISBN 13: 9780099581826
Book Overview: In 1953, Jose Saramago submitted a novel to his publishers. Thirty-six years later, he heard back.