by Pascal Mercier · Atlantic Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781843547136
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«Night Train to Lisbon» is the literary novel by Pascal Mercier, published by Atlantic Books in paperback (448 pages, in English).
Raimund Gregorius, a teacher of classical languages, abandons his life upon finding the diary of a Portuguese doctor and poet. With that book he travels to Lisbon to investigate the memory of Amadeu de Prado, who defied Salazar's dictatorship. The investigation becomes an inner journey: Gregorius revisits his decisions and the paths he did not take.
English translation by Barbara Harshav of the original German novel «Nachtzug nach Lissabon» (2004). The work was awarded the Grinzane Cavour Prize in 2007.
For readers of literary and contemporary fiction who enjoy novels of self-discovery and historical memory.
Peter Bieri, better known by his pseudonym, Pascal Mercier, was a Swiss writer and philosopher.
