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Loading... Manual of Painting and Calligraphy: A Novel (1977)by José Saramago
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I liked this novel, especially when the main character fell in love. Saramago wrote a beautiful description of what that's like. I also liked how the writer explored the creative process of both writing and painting ( ) Ein Portrait-Auftragsmaler hat eine "Malblokade" und fängt an zu schreiben. Spielt in der Zeit der Nelkenrevolution. Faszinierend, wie es Saramago schafft, den Ich-Erzähler zuerst holprig und stockend schreiben zu lassen, um dann immer flüssiger und bild-voller zu werden. Und das ist sogar in der Übersetzung erlebbar!
Saramago writes beautifully, and his style is ruminative—not for every taste, but definitely for those who appreciate finely wrought, meditative prose. Is contained in
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HTML:A disgruntled portrait artist in 1970s Portugal turn to writing in the Nobel Prize-winning author's debut novel, now available in English translation. Manual of Painting and Calligraphy was José Saramago's first novel. Written eight years before the critically acclaimed Baltasar and Blimunda, it is a story of self-discovery set in Portugal during the last years of Antonio Salazar's dictatorship. It tells the story of a struggling artist who is commissioned to paint a portrait of an influential industrialist. Disheartened by his squandered talent, the artist soon undergoes a creative and political awakening when he discovers the possibilities of writing. The brilliant juxtaposition of a passionate love story and the crisis of a nation foreshadows the themes of Saramago's major works. No library descriptions found. |
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