Name: Raised From the Ground
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Author: Saramago, José
ISBN: 9780544102736

Type

Physical Book

Author

Jose Saramago

Publisher

Harpervia

Year

2013

Language

English

Pages

384

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.5 x 13.4 x 2.5 cm

Weight

0.30 kg.

ISBN

0544102738

ISBN13

9780544102736

Synopsis "Raised From the Ground "

"Essential...A novel that resounds with relevance for our own time." --New York Times Book ReviewFirst published in 1980, the City of Lisbon Prize-winning Raised from the Ground follows the changing fortunes of the Mau Tempo family--poor landless peasants not unlike Saramago's own grandparents. Set in Alentejo, a southern province of Portugal known for its vast agricultural estates, the novel charts the lives of the Mau Tempos as national and international events rumble on in the background--the coming of the republic in Portugual, the two world wars, and an attempt on the dictator Salazar's life. Yet nothing really impinges on the grim reality of the farm laborers' lives until the first communist stirrings. Raised from the Ground is Saramago's most deeply personal novel, the book in which he found the signature style and voice that distinguishes all of his brilliant works.

Jose Saramago

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José Saramago (Azinhaga, 1922-Tías, Lanzarote, 2010) is one of the most well-known and appreciated Portuguese writers worldwide. In Spain, since the first publication of The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis in 1985, his literary work received the best reception from readers and critics. Other important titles include The Widow, Manual of Painting and Calligraphy, Raised from the Ground, Baltasar and Blimunda, The Stone Raft, The History of the Siege of Lisbon, The Gospel According to Jesus Christ, Blindness, All the Names, The Cave, The Double, Seeing, Death with Interruptions, The Elephant's Journey, Cain, Skylight, and Alabardas. Alfaguara has also published Complete Poetry, Lanzarote Notebooks I and II, Journey to Portugal, the short story The Tale of the Unknown Island, the children's story The Biggest Flower in the World, the autobiographical book Small Memories, The Notebook, José Saramago in His Words, a compilation of the author's statements collected in the press, The Last Notebook, What Will You Do with This Book. Complete Plays and The Nobel Year Notebook. He received the Camões Prize and the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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