The History of the Siege of Lisbon Book Reviews

AUTHOR
José Saramago
SCORE
4
TOTAL RATINGS
159

The History of the Siege of Lisbon by José Saramago Book Summary

A proofreader realizes his power to edit the truth on a whim, in a “brilliantly original” novel by a Nobel Prize winner (Los Angeles Times Book Review).
 
Raimundo Silva is a middle-aged, celibate clerk, proofing manuscripts for a respectable publishing house. Fluent in Portuguese, he has been assigned to work on a standard history of the country, and the twelfth-century king who laid siege to Lisbon. In a moment of subversive daring, Raimundo decides to change just one single word of text—a capricious revision that completely undoes the past. When discovered, his insolent disregard for facts appalls his employers—save for his new editor, Maria Sara. She suggests that Rainmundo take his transgressions even further.
 
Through Rainmundo and Maria’s eyes, what transpires is an alternate view of history and a colorful reinvention of a debatable truth. It’s a serpentine journey through time where past and present converge, fact becomes myth, and fiction and reality blur—especially for Rainmundo and Maria themselves, who begin to find themselves erotically drawn to each other.
 
“Walter Mitty has nothing on Raimundo Silva . . . this hypnotic tale is a great comic romp through history, language and the imagination.” —Publishers Weekly
 
Translated by Giovanni Pontiero
 

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Book Name The History of the Siege of Lisbon
Genre Literary Fiction
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Summary of The History of the Siege of Lisbon by José Saramago

The The History of the Siege of Lisbon book written by José Saramago was published on 01 September 1998, Tuesday in the Literary Fiction category. A total of 159 readers of the book gave the book 4 points out of 5.

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