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Ebook About The Nobel Prize–winning author explores his homeland in “this monumental work, a literary hybrid” of cultural history, literary nonfiction, and travelogue (Publishers Weekly). In 1979, José Saramago decided to write a book called Journey to Portugal—and dedicated himself to obtaining the fullest meaning of his title. More than merely journeying in or through his native country, he wanted to achieve a deep encounter with it, foregoing the conventional assumptions and the routines of tourist guides. Instead, he scoured the country with the eyes and ears of an observer fascinated by the ancient myths and history of his people. Recording his experiences and observations across the length and breadth of Portugal, Saramago brings the country to life as only a writer of his brilliance can. Whether an inaccessible medieval fortress set on a cliff, a wayside chapel thick with cobwebs, or a grand mansion in the city, the extraordinary places of this land come alive with kings, warriors, painters, explorers, writers, saints, and sinners. Infused with the tenderness and intelligence that have become familiar to his readers, Saramago's Journey to Portugal is an ode of love for a country and its rich traditions.Book Journey to Portugal: In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture Review :
This book is a labour of love about Portugal by the country's most respected and laureate contemporary write. Saramago takes us on a journal to the regions and cities, past and present. The writing is a bit dense and this is not a typical history book, more of a free-flow narrative. I eventually struggled through to the end of "Journey to Portugal", more as a duty than a pleasure. After the first third, the sameness of the descriptions of churches, buildings and art works became a bit boring.Sarmago certainly writes with insights that would resonate with readers who are familiar with the history, culture and art works of Portugal. I am not, so many of Saramago's allusions and comments on the churches and buildings he saw were opaque to me.Having read (and reviewed) "Seeing", "Blindness" and "The Cave" by Saramago, I was a little disappointed at first with "Journey to Portugal". However, my disappointment was relieved by beautiful passages sprinkled through the text.Saramago was born in Portugal and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998. "Journey to Portugal" is nominally a travel book, but of a special kind: it describes spiritual as well as spatial journeys.The book is written in the third person, with Saramago referring to himself throughout as "the traveller".Reflective travellers will understand when Sarmago says "...when the street descends once more to the old cathedral so does the rain; it overflows the gutters and, as one idea follows another, the traveller remembers how the waters of the Minho ran down the hard shoulders beside the street, how small the world is, all its memories jumbled together in the minimal space inside the traveller's head."He also gives beautiful little word pictures of the lives and people he encountered on his journey. These are the real gems in this book, and why it is worth reading.In one especially memorable story ("The Man Who Could Not Forget") Saramago gets into conversation with the waiter at dinner about his travel plans and learns that the waiter was born in Cidadelhe, one of the small, remote villages Saramago plans to visit.Many years ago, when the waiter was a child, his sick young sister died on the way to get medical help, because none was available in their impoverished village. The waiter has never forgotten this family tragedy. His emotions are still raw as he talks to Saramago, who asks the waiter to come with him to the village and show him where he lived.Saramago concludes thus: "The traveller returns to his room. He spreads out his big map on the bed and looks for Pinhel. There it is, and the road which heads off into the hills. At some point in this space a seven-year-old girl died; then the traveller finds Cidadelhe, on the heights, between the Rivers Coa and Massueime, it really is at the ends of the earth, the end of life. If there is no one to remember."The book resonated with me for another reason. To quote Saramago: "The traveller preferred to admire the late afternoon gazing down towards the River Torto . . . . and then spent a long while leaning back against a wall . . . because from behind it there wafted the most exquisite perfume of flowers . . ."Far too often in our travels we are driven onwards by an inexorable schedule that allows little time to stop and actually enjoy moments such as Saramago describes. Read Online Journey to Portugal: In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture Download Journey to Portugal: In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture Journey to Portugal: In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture PDF Journey to Portugal: In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture Mobi Free Reading Journey to Portugal: In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture Download Free Pdf Journey to Portugal: In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture PDF Online Journey to Portugal: In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture Mobi Online Journey to Portugal: In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture Reading Online Journey to Portugal: In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture Read Online José Saramago,Amanda Hopkinson,Nick Caistor Download José Saramago,Amanda Hopkinson,Nick Caistor José Saramago,Amanda Hopkinson,Nick Caistor PDF José Saramago,Amanda Hopkinson,Nick Caistor Mobi Free Reading José Saramago,Amanda Hopkinson,Nick Caistor Download Free Pdf José Saramago,Amanda Hopkinson,Nick Caistor PDF Online José Saramago,Amanda Hopkinson,Nick Caistor Mobi Online José Saramago,Amanda Hopkinson,Nick Caistor Reading Online José Saramago,Amanda Hopkinson,Nick CaistorDownload PDF Defensive Estimating: Protecting Your Profits By William Asdal
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