Margaret Jull Costa (trans.)
Raised from the Ground
Editors' choice
Nobel Prize Laureate José Saramago’s (1922-2010) most autobiographical novel opens with the statement “I was born in a family of…
Seven Houses in France
The Belgian occupation of the Congo was one of the bloodiest, cruelest events in modern history, a fact reflected in…
The Land at the End of the World
Dr. Antonio Lobo Antunes served in the Portuguese army from 1971-1973 as a medic in Angola’s war for independence. The…
Small Memories
The title of this delightful book says it all: brief snippets of Saramago’s early life in Portugal, from his earliest…
Cain
This is the English edition of the last novel by Portuguese Nobel laureate Jose Saramago, who died in 2010. So…
The Cavalier in the Yellow Doublet
Editors' choice
In this fifth book in the adventures of Captain Alatriste, the captain and his page, soldier in training Íñigo Balboa,…
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