About this title: Nobel Prize-winning writer José Saramago writes about his native Portugal as someone who loves it deeply and knows it intimately. Dipping into myth and history, he relates the country's past to its present--and speculates about its future--in an illuminating narrative that transcends the travel genre.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt Brace, New York
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780151005871ISBN:0151005877
Description: Very Good- in Good + jacket. 9.6 x 6.4 x 1.2 inches. 464pp. DJ has light soiling. DJ rubbed and chipped. DJ torn. Internally Clean. Lang: English. Vols: 1, Wt: 2lbs. read more
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt, New York
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780151005871ISBN:0151005877
Description: Near Fine in Very Good jacket. 8vo-8"-9" Tall. xii, 452 pp. Photos. Dust jacket has light shelf wear, small tear to back. New mylar cover. read more
Edition: First edition. Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780151005871ISBN:0151005877
Description: Very good in good dust jacket. Very Good in Good dust jacket hard copy, Text is clean and unmarked, Binding tight Dust Jacket has creasing and wear. and tearing. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 464 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First edition. Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Harvest/HBJ Book
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780156007139ISBN:0156007134
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 464 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: 1st U.S. Ed
Binding: Hardbound
Publisher: Harcourt, Inc., New York
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780151005871ISBN:0151005877
Description: VG+ in VG+ DJ. Clean, tight, unmarked copy in bright DJ, protected by new, archival quality Brodart cover. Spine of book is slightly cocked at top. read more
Edition: First edition. Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780151005871ISBN:0151005877
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Fine, unmarked copy in Fine DJ. We ship same-day, carefully wrapped. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 464 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: 1st u. s. Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780151005871ISBN:0151005877
Description: Illustrated. Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 6.5 x 9.5 hard cover book. Light blue and red lettering on the white/illustrated dust jacket spine and cover. A lively and enchanting tour of Portugal and its people. 452 pages. 1st U.S. Edition. Small slit in dust jacket and book spine. Tight binding. Near Fine/Near Fine condition. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover; First Printing
ISBN-13:9780151005871ISBN:0151005877
Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Harcourt, 2001. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Fine Book in Fine Dust Jacket. Price Intact. Remainder mark. Overall, a clean and tight copy to add to a collection or read and enjoy. Dust Jacket protected with a new archival cover. Bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt
ISBN-13:9780151005871ISBN:0151005877
Description: Fine. DJ. 0151005877 First Edition, First Printing. FINE hardcover book in NEAR FINE+ dust-jacket. NOT marked. NOT price-clipped. NOT remaindered. NOT faded. NOT book club edition. NOT ex-library. All of our dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective book jacket covers. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Harvest Books
Date Published: 2002-02-01
ISBN-13:9780156007139ISBN:0156007134
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780156007139. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harvest Books
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780156007139ISBN:0156007134
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Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: HARDCOVER
Publisher: Harcourt Publisher, NY
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780151005871ISBN:0151005877
Description: Photos, Map. VERY GOOD Condition in Very Good Dust Jacket. 6x9" VERY GOOD DJ 452pg history & cultural description for travelers. NOBEL PRIXE AWARD STICKER Cover medal. "first U.S. Edition" read more
"I sure am learning a lot about Portugal, especially manueline architecture. As they say on the back jacket, it's the personality that makes the book. Saramago is very strong on nooks. And crannies. He kind of gets tired and impatient towards the end, but then so does the reader, so that works out nicely."
"Alas I didn't finish this; although Saramago's affection for his country shines through, the travelogue aspect of it-going from one little town to another-was ultimately rather boring. It is a trip that I would more enjoy taking than reading about."
"oh man is this book ever translated. badly. and badly edited. perhaps the worst edited book i've ever read, typo-wise. there's something slightly charming about the author's voice, nevertheless, and a few gems squealch their way through. a church-and-museum tour of portugal led by your grandpa is basically how i'd describe this book."
"Saramago's gift for turning anything into a story shines through in this travelogue which even manages to make Portugal seem worth a visit. He has a way of nosing out the interesting: a town with an ancient statue of a pig on a column, for example. The man himself feels like a disagreeable travel comanion. He focuses largely on churches and castles, appears to shun companionship and the new - while remaining aloof and treating his surroundings with a slight air of pomposity.
Having written that, however, I turn the page and find his justification:
"The traveller is in search of a human art,its desire to triumph over death expressed in elevated or suspended stone, in traces of color and design ... In this state of mind it's possible to comprehend why the traveller prefers to seek out small and quiet places where he can listen to the sound of his own questions, even though he may get no answer.""
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