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Sostiene Pereira
Sostiene Pereira | Antonio Tabucchi
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Lisbona 1938. L'opprimente dittatura di Salazar, l'infuriare della guerra civile spagnola alle porte, il fascismo italiano sullo sfondo. Pereira un ex giornalista di cronaca nera cui stata affidata la pagina culturale di un mediocre giornale del pomeriggio, il "Lisboa". Pereira ha un senso mortuario della cultura: predilige gli elogi funebri degli scrittori scomparsi, la letteratura del passato, i necrologi anticipati. Trova in Monteiro Rossi, un giovane di origine italiana, e nella sua fidanzata Marta, due bizzarri quanto improbabili collaboratori.Una collaborazione che porter a uno sconvolgimento nella vita del vecchio giornalista, a una intensa maturazione interiore e infine a una dolorosa presa di coscienza.Con queste pagine dal tono civile e insieme umanissimo, con questa struggente figura di protagonista che rester indelebile nella memoria del lettore, Tabucchi ci ha dato un grande romanzo sulle ragioni del nostro passato prossimo che possono perfettamente essere le ragioni del nostro incerto presente.
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masticocarta
Sostiene Pereira | Antonio Tabucchi
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Storia molto interessante, bellissima ambientazione. Ho apprezzato l'analisi che viene fatta dei sentimenti e delle sensazioni del protagonista. Tuttavia non ha un buon ritmo e non mi ha fatto impazzire lo stile di scrittura.

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ale.giannoccolo
Sostiene Pereira | Antonio Tabucchi
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Ad occhi chiusi, potremmo facilmente trovarci seduti ad un tavolino del Café Orquídea ad ordinare una limonata e a sorseggiarla mentre osserviamo la trasformazione del nostro protagonista: il signor Pereira, un giornalista di mezza età profondamente solo. Tutto cambia dal giorno dell‘appuntamento con un giovane studente di filosofia, incontro che farà da preludio allo scontro, ormai inevitabile, con l‘io più profondo di Pereira. #libridaleggere

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CarolynM
Pereira Maintains | Mohsin Hamid, Antonio Tabucchi
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I didn't think much of this to start with, I found the writing ponderous and the story very slow, but it gradually became more and more compelling as the nature of the society in which Pereira is living slowly reveals itself. It feels particularly important right now to be reminded of how easy it is for governments to seek to misuse concepts of patriotism and the common good. Marking off Portugal for #ReadingEurope2020. Also #BookspinBingo

Freespirit There were some messages hidden in this book. Hope you are doing ok down south @CarolynM 💕 4y
BarbaraBB I love this author and I still need Portugal. Thanks for bringing it up! 4y
BarbaraBB Huh? Who is the author? The one on the book differs from the one mentioned in the caption?! 4y
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Cathythoughts I read this & loved it. I think I read it in Portugal.... a few years ago. Happy days. 4y
CarolynM @BarbaraBB The author is Antonio Tabucci. My edition has a forward by Mohsin Hamid, I assume that somehow the database has picked up the forward writer's name instead of the author's. 4y
CarolynM @Freespirit Thanks Sally, all good. We have light at the end of the tunnel with cafes and shops reopening on Wednesday, and hoping to be able to leave the city from early November🙂 4y
CarolynM @Cathythoughts It took me a while to warm up to it, but by the end I liked it a lot🙂 Reading it in Portugal would definitely have added to the atmosphere! 4y
BarbaraBB Thanks for clearing that up! 4y
Librarybelle Great review! 4y
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 4y
CarolynM @Librarybelle Thanks🙂 4y
BarbaraBB I hope you will be joining us for #ReadingAsia2021! 4y
CarolynM @BarbaraBB I'm not going to be anywhere near finished with Europe by the end of the year! I think I'll keep on with that for a bit (although I doubt I'll ever cover all the countries). I'll probably try to do a few Asia ones with you anyway🙂 4y
BarbaraBB I‘ll keep you posted on the good ones 😉 4y
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Freespirit
Pereira Maintains | Mohsin Hamid, Antonio Tabucchi
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A gem of a book. Expressing a deep love for Portugal, a short story set in Lisbon in 1938, during the dictatorship of Salazar. Pereira writes the cultural pages of a local newspaper. He talks to a photograph of his dead wife and has put on too much weight.
Beneath this simple story is a commentary on censorship, politics and revolution. Simple but powerful.
I was lucky enough to travel to Portugal last year and also fell in love with it❤️❤️

BookishTrish I was there last year too! 4y
Freespirit It has so much beauty and history..and so easy to travel in..loved it a lot @BookishTrish ❤️ 4y
CarolynM I took this book off my shelf the other day with a plan to read it this month. How's that for coincidence? Glad you enjoyed it. 4y
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Freespirit Hope you like it @CarolynM 4y
paper.reveries Great review! 4y
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Itchyfeetreader
Pereira Maintains | Mohsin Hamid, Antonio Tabucchi
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This was my#booked2020 read in a day (well more accurately on a plane journey!) to Portugal where the novel is set (#europe2020 also I guess!) its a quiet but deeply though provoking story of a journalist slowly becoming more aware and politically engaged during a difficult time. It‘s tense and quite creepy as the repeated Pereira maintains implies some kind of interrogation.

squirrelbrain Yummy - Percy and friends! 🐷 5y
Itchyfeetreader @squirrelbrain a perfect nutritious breakfast !! 5y
eraderneely We were meant to go to Portugal this week ☀️☀️☀️ instead we stayed in England 💨🌧💨 🙄 5y
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Cathythoughts
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A friend recommended this book to me for my Hollidays. Set in Portugal in 1938 , Pereira is a journalist, widowed, grieving, thickening at the waist, with heart problems. A chance meeting with a younger man transforms his life. An Intelligent, witty , charming & tragic book. I will def be reading more by this author. A short, gem of a book. 5 ⭐️. I‘m the better for having read it ❤️

Ms_T Lovely review! 7y
Cathythoughts @Ms_T thanks. It‘s a lovely book ❤️ 7y
RaimeyGallant Great review! 7y
Cathythoughts @RaimeyGallant thanks & it‘s a great book. I would highly recommend 7y
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Cathythoughts
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Next up. PEREIRA MAINTAINS with some Austrian wine & peanuts 😊

tpixie Lovely 😊 7y
youneverarrived Looks lovely ❤️ 7y
Andrew65 Everything‘s set! 😊 7y
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Cathythoughts @youneverarrived it is 👍👍❤️ 7y
Cathythoughts @tpixie 😉⭐️⭐️ 7y
Cathythoughts @Andrew65 yes ! All good 😉 7y
BarbaraBB Another Hamid! Haven‘t heard of this one. Is it good? 7y
Cathythoughts @BarbaraBB the book is by Antonio Tabucchi , introduction by Hamid. & it‘s very good 👍 7y
BarbaraBB Aha! 7y
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Libby1
Pereira Maintains | Mohsin Hamid, Antonio Tabucchi
Pickpick

I picked this up at a Reading Spa session at Mr. B's Emporium of Reading Delights in Bath, England. Knowing very little about the history of Portugal did not hinder me from experiencing the intensity of emotions and the heavy hand of history on the characters. This is the quietest thriller I have ever read.

Lindy A quiet thriller is an appealing description. I've just returned to Canada after a month in Portugal, so this book might be a way to extend my experience of that country. I will look for a copy. 😀 8y
Libby1 Oh, do so, @Lindy. This is a book that got under my skin. 8y
slhbooks @Libby1 Have you read his book The Reluctant Fundamentalist? It's been a loooong time since I read it, but I do remember thinking about it for quite a while after I finished it. 8y
Itchyfeetreader @Lindy great description 5y
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Abailliekaras
Pereira Maintains | Mohsin Hamid, Antonio Tabucchi
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"It was the twenty-fifth of July Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-Eight, and Lisbon was glittering in the azure purity of an Atlantic breeze, Pereira maintains."