by José Saramago · Proa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788482566931
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«Memorial del convent» is a historical novel by José Saramago, published by Proa in paperback (290 pages, in Catalan).
Set in 18th-century Portugal, the novel recounts the construction of the Mafra convent under John V and the relationship between Baltasar, a one-handed soldier, and Blimunda, a woman with uncommon abilities. A priest who dreams of flying also appears, in a story marked by love, the Inquisition and fantastical elements.
Catalan translation of «Memorial do convento», a novel originally published in 1982. The book is part of the A tot vent-nou collection. José Saramago won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1998.
For readers of historical fiction and contemporary narrative interested in 18th-century Portugal and the work of José Saramago.
José Saramago was a Portuguese writer who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1998. His allegorical work, written in a prose that breaks typographic conventions, is one of the most acclaimed in contemporary European literature.
