by José Saramago · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788475881959
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«Memorial del convent» is the historical novel by Portuguese writer José Saramago, published by Edicions Proa in paperback (287 pages).
A novel set in 18th-century Portugal: King John V orders the building of the Convent of Mafra, while Baltasar, a one-handed soldier, and Blimunda, a woman with powers, live their love story in a country marked by the Inquisition. Saramago blends reality and legend to address power, religion and the human condition.
Originally published in 1982 as Memorial do convento. This edition is part of the A tot vent collection (no. 267).
For readers of historical fiction and of José Saramago's narrative, with his characteristic mix of history and fantastical elements.
José de Sousa Saramago was a Portuguese writer. He was the 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. In 2003 Harold Bloom described Saramago as "the most gifted novelist alive in the world today" and in 2010 said he considers Saramago to be "a permanent part of the Western canon", while James Wood praises "the distinctive tone to his fiction because he narrates his novels as if he were someone both wise and ignorant."
