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Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
Manual of Painting and Calligraphy | José Saramago
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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.
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Litpixie
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This hurts me to write - I had to abandon this book. I made it to page 67 before realizing that I simply didn't like this book. It's an earlier book that uses a lot of the techniques that Saramago used brilliantly in his other books. This feels off. I wanted so sit and read this and enjoy this last book if a favourite author. It simply was not meant to be.

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Litpixie
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After a busy and stressful week last week I'm enjoying a day to read the last unread novel by one of my favourite writers.