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The Lives of Things: Short Stories

The Lives of Things: Short Stories

by Giovanni Pontiero (Translator), Giovanni Pontiero (Translator), Jose Saramago (Author)

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Synopsis

The Lives of Things collects Jose Saramago's early experiments with the short story form, attesting to the young novelist's imaginative power and incomparable skill in elaborating the most extravagant fantasies. Combining bitter satire, outrageous parody and Kafkaesque hallucinations, these stories explore the horror and repression that paralyzed Portugal under the Salazar regime and pay tribute to human resilience in the face of injustice and institutionalized tyranny. Beautifully written and deeply unsettling, The Lives of Things illuminates the development of Saramago's prose and records the genesis of themes that resound throughout his novels.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 160
 Edition: 2
 Publisher: Verso Books
Published: 07 May 2013
ISBN 10: 1781680868
ISBN 13: 9781781680865

Media Reviews
A poetic encapsulation of Saramago's extraordinary talent - Saramago's stories have a renewed vibrancy in the current climate of doomsday scenarios, broken balance sheets and government debt. They remind us that when the law fails, a good metaphor can take its place. - Bookforum An intriguing coda to a fascinating career. - Metro Easily bears comparison to Calvino and Borges, albeit with a more politically astute edge...a welcome reminder of why he deserved the Nobel. - Scotland on Sunday One of the giants of European literature...For new readers, this collection is an essential introduction to Saramago's concerns with social decay, alienation and political repression and the alternatives to them. For devotees, it is one to savour. - Morning Star
Author Bio
JOSE SARAMAGO (1922 - 2010), Nobel Laureate, novelist, playwright and journalist, was one of the world's most influential writers. His numerous books include the bestselling All the Names, Blindness, and The Cave.