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In the "Saramagian" style, this novel relates the metaphysical quest of a minor employee of the Civil Registry to the links that unite the living world to that of the dead.
Following a fragile and dangerous breadcrumb trail, Mr. José will travel through labyrinthine and grueling paths and meet several banal, enigmatic, or intimidating characters who will show him the way through an administration without qualms, an austere town, and a sprawling cemetery.
This edition presents the Portuguese writer's work as a "police investigation," a "philosophical tale," and a "reflection on life and death, light and darkness."
After working several trades, including locksmith, clerk of office, and insurer, Saramago began to write at 58. He was 75 when he wrote "All Names" in 1997. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998.
Following a fragile and dangerous breadcrumb trail, Mr. José will travel through labyrinthine and grueling paths and meet several banal, enigmatic, or intimidating characters who will show him the way through an administration without qualms, an austere town, and a sprawling cemetery.
This edition presents the Portuguese writer's work as a "police investigation," a "philosophical tale," and a "reflection on life and death, light and darkness."
After working several trades, including locksmith, clerk of office, and insurer, Saramago began to write at 58. He was 75 when he wrote "All Names" in 1997. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998.