Manual Of Painting and Calligraphy
by Saramago, Jose
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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Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
by Jose Saramago
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- 1994
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Manchester: Carcanet Press Limited, 1994. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 22.5 x 14 cm. Octavo. 223pp. Black cloth in dust jacket. Translated from the Portuguese by Giuovanni Pontiero. Some sunning to the jacket spine. Item Price
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Manual of Painting and Calligraphy: A Novel
by SARAMAGO, JOSE
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First English Edition, First Printing. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. Saramago was a Portuguese writer and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature. In 2003 Harold Bloom described Saramago as 'the most gifted novelist alive in the world today,' and in 2010 said he considers Saramago to be "a permanent part of the Western canon." More than… Read more about this item Item Price
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Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
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Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
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- 1994
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London: Carcanet, 1994. 1st Ed in English. Boards. Fine/VG+. Octavo. Translated from the 1983 Portuguese edition by Giovanni Pontiero. The yellow dust jacket is price clipped and slightly faded but otherwise fine. A rare item from the Nobel Prize winner. Item Price
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Paperback / softback. New. An early example of Saramago's mastery, this novel takes us into the last days of Salazar's dictatorship when a second-rate artist is commissioned by a wealthy client to paint a portrait and the political and intellectual struggles that ensue. Item Price
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Paperback / softback. New. H. is a struggling artist with a commission to paint a portrait of a well-known industrialist. Whilst the industrialist sits for the portrait, H. For inspiration H. takes a trip to Italy to contemplate the works of the great artists, but when his friend back home is arrested by the secret police of Salazar's… Read more about this item Item Price
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