It was written in 1997 and translated to english in 1999 by margaret jull costa winning the oxfordweidenfeld translation prize. As usual, the language is beautiful and i recommend it. The book has been awarded with independent foreign fiction prize. Saramago, which is portuguese for wild radish, was actually a nickname of his fathers family, and it was accidentally included in his name in the registry of births. Dec 30, 2011 i was given a copy of jose saramagos all the names by a dear friend one christmas.
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The son of rural labourers, saramago grew up in great poverty in lisbon. All the names ebook by jose saramago 9781448112890. By day senhor jose labours in the labyrinthine stacks of the citys central registry. This is the story of a aging, lowlevel clerk in the registrars office. Righting wrongs, rewriting meaning and reclaiming the city in saramagos blindness and all the names. The first edition of the novel was published in 2000, and was written by jose saramago. The central registry of births, marriages and deaths is the setting for all the names, nobel prizewinning portuguese author jose saramago s seventh novel to be translated into english. At this time last year, i was finishing up one of saramagos earlier novels, the manual of painting and calligraphy. All the names kindle edition by saramago, jose, costa, margaret jull. Jose saramagoall the names read and download epub, pdf. Free download or read online all the names pdf epub book.
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The first edition of the novel was published in 1995, and was written by jose saramago. Margaret jull costa has established herself as the premier translator of portuguese literature into english today. The names in question are those of every man, woman, and child ever born, married, or buried in the unnamed city where the registry is. All the names kindle edition by saramago, jose, costa.
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