by JoseSaramago (Author), Giovanni Pontiero (Translator)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: May 2012
ISBN 10: 0547640226
ISBN 13: 9780547640228
For a first novel, though, this work displays a masterly grasp of wordplay and other literary devices, and as the translator points out, it can also serve as a map to the political and social themes of Saramago s future novels.
-- Library Journal
For a first novel, though, this work displays a masterly grasp of wordplay and other literary devices, and as the translator points out, it can also serve as a map to the political and social themes of Saramago's future novels.
--Library Journal