Manual of Painting and Calligraphy

<p><i>Manual of Painting and Calligraphy</i> was José Saramago’s first novel. Written eight years before the critically acclaimed <i>Baltasar and Blimunda</i>, it is a story of self-discovery set against the background of the last years of Salazar’s dictatorship. A struggling young artist, commissioned to paint a portrait of an influential industrialist, learns in the process about himself and the world around him. The brilliant juxtaposition of a passionate love story and the crisis of a nation foreshadows all of Saramago’s major works. A must-have for any devotee of the great Portuguese Nobel laureate, <i>Manual of Painting and Calligraphy</i> is available in the United States for the first time.</p>

Author(s): José Saramago  

ISBN 10: 0547640226
ISBN 13: 9780547640228
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Publication: 5/1/2012