The History of the Siege of Lisbon
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Author: Jose Saramago
9781860467226 | PB | pp. 320 | 1996 | Vintage
When Raimundo Silva, a lowly proofreader for a Lisbon publishing house, inserts a negative into a sentence of a historical text, he alters the whole course of the 1147 Siege of Lisbon. Fearing censure he is met instead with admiration: Dr Maria Sara, his voluptuous new editor, encourages him to pen his own alternative history. What happens when the facts of history are replaced by the mysteries of love?
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What happens when the facts of history are replaced by the mysteries of love?
When Raimundo Silva, a lowly proofreader for a Lisbon publishing house, inserts a negative into a sentence of a historical text, he alters the whole course of the 1147 Siege of Lisbon. Fearing censure he is met instead with admiration: Dr Maria Sara, his voluptuous new editor, encourages him to pen his own alternative history. As his retelling draws on all his imaginative powers, Silva finds – to his nervous delight – that if the facts of the past can be rewritten as a romance then so can the details of his own dusty bachelor present.
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| Author: | Jose Saramago |
|---|---|
| ISBN: | 9781860467226 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Pages: | 320 |
| Year of Publication: | 1996 |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| Edition: | First |
| Condition: | New |
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