Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
by Jose Saramago
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1857540433
- ISBN 13
- 9781857540437
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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Synopsis
Manual of Painting and Calligraphy was José Saramago’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 Salazar’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 Saramago’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.
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- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 59269
- Title
- Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
- Author
- Jose Saramago
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1857540433
- ISBN 13
- 9781857540437
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Limited
- Place of Publication
- Manchester
- Date Published
- 1994
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature/Fiction;
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