All the Names
Autor José Saramago Traducere de Margaret Jull Costaen Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 oct 2001
WINNER
OF
THE
NOBEL
PRIZE
FOR
LITERATURE
José Saramago's mesmerizing, classic narrative about the loneliness of individual lives and the universal need for human connection.
Senhor José is a low-grade clerk in the city's Central Registry, where the living and the dead share the same shelf space. A middle-aged bachelor, he has no interest in anything beyond the certificates of birth, marriage, divorce, and death that are his daily routine. But one day, when he comes across the records of an anonymous young woman, something happens to him. Obsessed, Senhor José sets off to follow the thread that may lead him to the woman??—??but as he gets closer, he discovers more about her, and about himself, than he would ever have wished.The loneliness of people's lives, the effects of chance, the discovery of love??—??all coalesce in this extraordinary novel that displays the power and art of José Saramago in brilliant form.
José Saramago's mesmerizing, classic narrative about the loneliness of individual lives and the universal need for human connection.
Senhor José is a low-grade clerk in the city's Central Registry, where the living and the dead share the same shelf space. A middle-aged bachelor, he has no interest in anything beyond the certificates of birth, marriage, divorce, and death that are his daily routine. But one day, when he comes across the records of an anonymous young woman, something happens to him. Obsessed, Senhor José sets off to follow the thread that may lead him to the woman??—??but as he gets closer, he discovers more about her, and about himself, than he would ever have wished.The loneliness of people's lives, the effects of chance, the discovery of love??—??all coalesce in this extraordinary novel that displays the power and art of José Saramago in brilliant form.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780156010597
ISBN-10: 0156010593
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 135 x 203 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: HMH Books
Colecția Mariner Books
Locul publicării:United States
ISBN-10: 0156010593
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 135 x 203 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: HMH Books
Colecția Mariner Books
Locul publicării:United States
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Recenzii
"A
psychological,
even
metaphysical
thriller
that
will
keep
you
turning
the
pages
in
spite
of
yourself,
and
with
growing
alarm
and
alacrity."-The
Seattle
Times
"A novel that reminds readers how much loneliness can be like death. . . . Saramago is one of the best."
-Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times
"Within the first few pages, Saramago establishes a tension that sings on the page, rises, produces stunning revelations and culminates when the final paragraph twists expectations once again."-Publishers Weekly (starred)
"From the beginning, Saramago is in perfect control of the narrative, and the result is a tour de force."-Denver Post
PRAISE FOR BLINDNESS
"Blindness is a shattering work by a literary master."
-The Boston Globe
"This is an important book, one that is unafraid to face all the horrors of the century."-The Washington Post
"Extraordinarily nuanced and evocative . . . This year's most propulsive, and profound, thriller."-The Village Voice
"A novel that reminds readers how much loneliness can be like death. . . . Saramago is one of the best."
-Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times
"Within the first few pages, Saramago establishes a tension that sings on the page, rises, produces stunning revelations and culminates when the final paragraph twists expectations once again."-Publishers Weekly (starred)
"From the beginning, Saramago is in perfect control of the narrative, and the result is a tour de force."-Denver Post
PRAISE FOR BLINDNESS
"Blindness is a shattering work by a literary master."
-The Boston Globe
"This is an important book, one that is unafraid to face all the horrors of the century."-The Washington Post
"Extraordinarily nuanced and evocative . . . This year's most propulsive, and profound, thriller."-The Village Voice
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WINNER
OF
THE
NOBEL
PRIZE
FOR
LITERATURE
José Saramago's mesmerizing, classic narrative about the loneliness of individual lives and the universal need for human connection.
José Saramago's mesmerizing, classic narrative about the loneliness of individual lives and the universal need for human connection.