Description
| Author/Contributor(s): | Saramago, José; Costa, Margaret Jull |
| Publisher: | Mariner Books |
| Date: | 5/1/2012 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
“Small Memories is a . . . nourishing last gift from a great writer.”—Washington Post
Shiftingback and forth between childhood and his teenage years, betweenAzinhaga and Lisbon, this is a mosaic of memories, a simply told,affecting look into the author’s boyhood: the tragic death of his olderbrother at the age of four; his mother pawning the family’s blanketsevery spring and buying them back in time for winter; his belovedgrandparents bringing the weaker piglets into their bed on cold nights;and Saramago’s early encounters with literature, from teaching himselfto read by deciphering articles in the daily newspaper, to poring overan entertaining dialogue in a Portuguese-French conversation guide, notrealizing that he was in fact reading a play by Molière.
Written with Saramago’s characteristic wit and honesty, Small Memoriestraces the formation of an artist fascinated by words and stories froman early age who emerged, against all odds, as one of the world’s mostrespected writers.
“Like a nostalgic progenitor bestowing hiswealth of life experience upon a younger generation, Saramago digs deepinto his peasant roots to sketch a rough outline of the little boy whowould become one of the greatest Portuguese-language writers”—Portland Oregonian
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