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Notebook - José Saramago

Notebook

; Amanda Hopkinson (Oversetter) ; Daniel Hahn (Oversetter) ; Umberto Eco (Forord)

Provocative and lyrical, The Notebook records the last year in the life of Jose Saramago. In these pages, beginning on the eve of the 2008 US presidential election, he evokes life in his beloved city of Lisbon, revisits conversations with friends, and meditates on his favorite authors. Les mer
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Provocative and lyrical, The Notebook records the last year in the life of Jose Saramago. In these pages, beginning on the eve of the 2008 US presidential election, he evokes life in his beloved city of Lisbon, revisits conversations with friends, and meditates on his favorite authors. Precise observations and moments of arresting significance are rendered with pointillist detail, and together demonstrate an acute understanding of our times. Characteristically critical and uncompromising, Saramago dissects the financial crisis, deplores Israel's bombardment of Gaza, traces the ongoing inquiry into the execution of the Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes on the London Underground, and charts the transition from the era of George W. Bush to that of Barack Obama. The Notebook is a unique journey into the personal and political world of one of the greatest writers of our time.
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Forlag: Verso Books
 Innbinding: Paperback
Språk: Engelsk
Sider: 300
ISBN: 9781844677016
Format: 20 x 13 cm
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«I'm hard pressed to think of another writer who makes me stop as Saramago does, to go back and discover the meaning of history or allegory in all its wild newness.»

, Financial Times

«Saramago enjoys picking up a passing thought or an incident and running with it, confident in his political outrage, calm in his appreciation of friends, considered in his aphoristic criticism of culture.»

, The Times [London]

«Saramago is a writer, like Faulkner, so confident of his resources and ultimate destination that he can bring any improbability to life.»

, The New Yorker

«Beautifully crafted and honest, Saramago's Notebook is elegant in tone and style while clearly conveying a legend's take on our evolving society.»

Publishers Weekly

«Impenitently enraged and tender.»

«The most gifted novelist alive in the world today.»

«Fascinating and smart and provocative, and a lot of fun to dip into.»

The New York Times

«In readably provocative style, with offbeat riffs on his life and writing, on ideas and histories ... This is a bittersweet delight.»

, The Independent

«Saramago is one of Europe's most original and remarkable writers ... His writing is imbued with a spirit of comic inquiry, meditative pessimism and a quietly transforming energy that turns the indefinite into the unforgettable.»

, Los Angeles Times

«In the craft of the sentence, Jose? Saramago is one of the great originals. His prose is a voice that envelops all voices: it is like the universe's immanent murmur ... No one writes quite like Saramago, so solicitous and yet so magnificently free.»

, The Guardian

«The book presents an intelligent twist on the blogs-turned-books phenomenon, proving that the two mediums are compatible beyond social curios and cultural gimmicks ... . The Notebook is a unique glimpse into the candid ruminations of one of the most talented living writers.»

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The Portuguese Nobel Laureate Jose Saramago was a novelist, playwright and journalist. His numerous books, including the bestselling All the Names, Blindness, and The Cave, have been translated into more than forty languages and have established him as one of the world's most influential writers. He died in June 2010.