Manual Of Painting And Calligraphy: Saramago's First Novel

Manual Of Painting And Calligraphy: Saramago's First Novel – A Taut Literary Tale of Art and Dictatorship

Manual of Painting and Calligraphy was JosÃ© Saramagoâ€™s first novel. Written eight years before the critically acclaimed Baltasar and Blimunda, it is a story of self-discovery set against the background of the last years of Salazarâ€™s dictatorship. A struggling young artist, commissioned to paint a portrait of an influential industrialist, learns in the process about himself and the world around him. The brilliant juxtaposition of a passionate love story and the crisis of a nation foreshadows all of Saramagoâ€™s major works. A must-have for any devotee of the great Portuguese Nobel laureate, Manual of Painting and Calligraphy is available in the United States for the first time.
Country USA
Brand Mariner
Manufacturer Mariner Books
Binding Paperback
PartNumber 9780547640228
IsAdultProduct
Height 8.25
Length 5.5
Weight 0.54895103238
Width 0.61
ReleaseDate 2012-05-01
NumberOfItems 1

Manual Of Painting And Calligraphy: Saramago's First Novel – A Taut Literary Tale of Art and Dictatorship