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small memories
José Saramago
Synopsis "small memories"
"Small Memories is a . . . nourishing last gift from a great writer."--Washington Post Shifting back and forth between childhood and his teenage years, between Azinhaga and Lisbon, this is a mosaic of memories, a simply told, affecting look into the author's boyhood: the tragic death of his older brother at the age of four; his mother pawning the family's blankets every spring and buying them back in time for winter; his beloved grandparents bringing the weaker piglets into their bed on cold nights; and Saramago's early encounters with literature, from teaching himself to read by deciphering articles in the daily newspaper, to poring over an entertaining dialogue in a Portuguese-French conversation guide, not realizing that he was in fact reading a play by Molière. Written with Saramago's characteristic wit and honesty, Small Memories traces the formation of an artist fascinated by words and stories from an early age who emerged, against all odds, as one of the world's most respected writers. "Like a nostalgic progenitor bestowing his wealth of life experience upon a younger generation, Saramago digs deep into his peasant roots to sketch a rough outline of the little boy who would become one of the greatest Portuguese-language writers"--Portland Oregonian
José Saramago (Azinhaga, 1922-Tías, Lanzarote, 2010) es uno de los escritores portugueses más conocidos y apreciados en el mundo entero. En España, a partir de la primera publicación de El año de la muerte de Ricardo Reis, en 1985, su trabajo literario recibió la mejor acogida de los lectores y de la crítica. Otros títulos importantes son La viuda, Manual de pintura y caligrafía, Levantado del suelo, Memorial del convento, Casi un objeto, La balsa de piedra, Historia del cerco de Lisboa, El Evangelio según Jesucristo, Ensayo sobre la ceguera, Todos los nombres, La caverna, El hombre duplicado, Ensayo sobre la lucidez, Las intermitencias de la muerte, El viaje del elefante, Caín, Claraboya y Alabardas. Alfaguara ha publicado también Poesía completa, Cuadernos de Lanzarote I y II, Viaje a Portugal, el relato breve El cuento de la isla desconocida, el cuento infantil La flor más grande del mundo, el libro autobiográfico Las pequeñas memorias, El Cuaderno, José Saramago en sus palabras, un repertorio de declaraciones del autor recogidas en la prensa escrita, El último Cuaderno, Qué haréis con este libro. Teatro completo y El Cuaderno del año del Nobel. Recibió el Premio Camões y el Premio Nobel de Literatura.
