Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
- Synopsis
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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.
- Copyright:
- 1994
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780547640242
- Related ISBNs:
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9780547640228
- Publisher:
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Date of Addition:
- 11/14/12
- Copyrighted By:
- Jose Saramago, Giovanni Pontiero
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
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English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
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Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
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