A delightful insight into the formation of an artist who would become one of the world's most respected writers. Born in 1922 in the tiny Portuguese village of Azinhaga, José Saramago was only a baby when his family moved to a series of cramped lodgings in a working-class neighbourhood of Lisbon. Nevertheless, he would return to the village throughout his early life, its river and olive groves seeping deep into his memory. Shifting between Azinhaga and Lisbon, this touching book is a mosaic of memories. Written with characteristic wit and honesty, Small Memories traces the formation of an artist always fascinated by language and who emerged, against all odds, as one of the world's most respected writers.
ISBN: | 9781784871833 |
Publication date: | 1st August 2019 |
Author: | José Saramago |
Publisher: | Vintage Classics an imprint of Vintage Publishing |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 224 pages |
Genres: |
Autobiography: writers Memoirs Relationships and families: advice and issues The countryside, country life: general interest |