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L'année de la mort de Ricardo Reis roman

Pages
411
Published
1998
Language
French

Synopsis

Ricardo Reis, a literary creation of Fernando Pessoa, arrives in a real, ever-changing Lisbon, beginning a search for his true self. In this city, where the Tagus's reflections make reality seem unreal, the living and the dead interact in a mysterious game of mirrors. José Saramago uses the theme of the double to examine the links between literature, myth, and history in this remarkable novel.

About the author

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José Saramago

José de Sousa Saramago, GColSE ComSE GColCa (Portuguese: [ʒuˈzɛ ðɨ ˈso(w).zɐ sɐɾɐˈmaɣu]; 16 November 1922 – 18 June 2010), was a Portuguese writer and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony [with which he] continually enables us once again to apprehend an elusory reality." His works, some of which can be seen as allegories, commonly present subversive perspectives on historic events, emphasizing the theopoetic human factor...

Characters

Ricardo ReisProtagonist
Fernando PessoaSupporting
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