Name: Historia del Cerco de Lisboa / The History of the Siege of Lisbon (in Spanish)
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Author: Saramago, José
ISBN: 9788490628706

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Historia del Cerco de Lisboa / The History of the Siege of Lisbon (in Spanish)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Jose Saramago

Publisher

Debolsillo

Collection

Contemporánea

Year

2015

Language

Spanish

Pages

432

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

18.9x12.5 cm

Weight

0.32 kg.

ISBN13

9788490628706

Edited in

España

Edition No.

001

Synopsis "Historia del Cerco de Lisboa / The History of the Siege of Lisbon (in Spanish)"

Una novela contemporánea en la que caen varios cercos: el histórico de la ciudad de Lisboa, el que impide al hombre comunicarse con sus semejantes y, finalmente, el de la soledad, definitivamente abatido en el amor realizado. Raimundo Silva es un revisor de textos de una editorial, un personaje anodino que tiene como misión en la vida conservar la integridad de los textos que llegan a sus manos. Un día, revisando un texto histórico, toma una decisión: introducir un No donde debiera aparecer un Sí . Esta determinación altera, sin duda alguna, la historia escrita, pero también va a ser fundamental en su vida personal. El conservador Raimundo Silva no volverá a ser sujeto paciente de la historia, tanto la universal como la personal, porque su acto de rebeldía le hace asumir el protagonismo que, como hombre -y por tanto hegemónico- le corresponde en la vida. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Raimundo Silva works as a proofreader in an editorial. While working on a historical text, he decides to place a "no" instead of a "yes." Inadvertently, in altering the text he will never again be a patient and bland man. His act of rebellion leads him to take on the prominent role that, as a man, is his by right. This novel recounts the demolition of the historical wall of Lisbon, and the existence of that "other" one that makes it impossible for a man to communicate with others, the wall of loneliness and isolation, permanently brought down by a love fulfilled --the final wall to be demolished.

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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