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Blank Gaze

Blank Gaze

by JoseLuisPeixoto (Author)

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    Paperback 2008

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Synopsis

Against a backdrop of rural Portuguese poverty, a handful of magical characters are living out their destiny: Jose, a shepherd, who is visited by a devil whispering violent words in his ear; Moises and Elias, Siamese twins joined at the tip of their little fingers; Gabriel, a wise man, who is over one hundred years old; and an unnamed character who sits writing alone in a windowless room. The characters are universal, and they are all at the mercy of fate - their lives are pulled in different directions and sometimes even suffocated and snuffed out.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 03 Nov 2008
ISBN 10: 0747592721
ISBN 13: 9780747592723
Book Overview: Jose Luis Peixoto is Portugal's most acclaimed, prize-winning young novelist, three-times winner of the Jovens Criadores Prize and in 2001 winner of the Jose Saramago Prize with Blank Gaze Blank Gaze has already been published in twelve languages by leading literary publishers Wonderfully translated for the English market by Richard Zenith

Media Reviews
'Brilliantly rendered ... Peixoto's ironic sensibility shines through beautifully' James Robertson 'Peixoto's evocation of pathos is tempered by a keen sense of the absurd' Financial Times 'An impressive and unusual feat ... Intensely beautiful writing packed with startling and memorable images ... his bold, incantatory prose is consistently beautiful - apparently simple but also incredibly rich and resonant' Independent 'Peixoto is one of the most surprising revelations in recent Portuguese literature. I have no doubts that he is the safe promise of a great writer' Jose Saramago
Author Bio
Jose Luis Peixoto was born in 1974 in the small Portuguese village of Alentejo. He teaches languages and contemporary literature and is also a journalist and literary critic. He is the author of seven works of fiction and poetry. Blank Gaze is his first novel, and has been published to critical acclaim around the world for its fresh, unique and utterly moving style of storytelling.