Small Memories. by Jose Saramago - Softcover

Saramago; Saramago, Jose

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099520486 ISBN 13: 9780099520481

Publisher: Vintage Books USA, 2010

Synopsis

Born in Portugal in 1922 in the tiny village of Azinhaga, José Saramago was only eighteen months old when he moved with his father and mother to live in a series of cramped lodgings in a working-class neighbourhood of Lisbon. Nevertheless, he would return to the village throughout his childhood and adolescence, its river landscape and olive groves seeping deep into his memory.

Shifting back and forth between Azinhaga and Lisbon, this touching book is a mosaic of memories, a gathering together of the fragmented recollections that make up the idea of one's youth. Written with Saramago's characteristic wit and honesty, Small Memories traces the formation of an artist fascinated by words and stories from an early age and who emerged, against all the odds, as one of the world's most respected writers.

By the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

About this title

Book Description:

HMH Hardcover, 2010Previous ISBN: 978-0-151-01508-5

From the Back Cover:

Small Memories is a . . . nourishing last gift from a great writer. Washington Post
Shifting back and forth between childhood and his teenage years, between Azinhaga and Lisbon, this is a mosaic of memories, a simply told, affecting look into the author s boyhood: the tragic death of his older brother at the age of four; his mother pawning the family s blankets every spring and buying them back in time for winter; his beloved grandparents bringing the weaker piglets into their bed on cold nights; and Saramago s early encounters with literature, from teaching himself to read by deciphering articles in the daily newspaper, to poring over an entertaining dialogue in a Portuguese-French conversation guide, not realizing that he was in fact reading a play by Moliere.
Written with Saramago s characteristic wit and honesty, Small Memories traces the formation of an artist fascinated by words and stories from an early age who emerged, against all odds, as one of the world s most respected writers.
Like a nostalgic progenitor bestowing his wealth of life experience upon a younger generation, Saramago digs deep into his peasant roots to sketch a rough outline of the little boy who would become one of the greatest Portuguese-language writers Portland Oregonian
Jose Saramago (1922 2010) was the author of many novels, among them Blindness, All the Names, Baltasar and Blimunda and The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis. In 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage Books USA
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0099520486
• ISBN 13: 9780099520481
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 180