All The Names by Jos? Saramago (English) Paperback Book

Description: All The Names by José Saramago Senhor Jose is a minor official in a registry office, with a passion for reconstructing peoples lives from the data in archive documents. One womans file is particularly intriguing. She is dead, and he decides to trace her life backwards, from death to birth. But can he bring her back to life? FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A subtle and insightful story about boredom, passion, curiosity and memory from the Nobel Prize-winner Jose SaramagoA subtle and insightful story about boredom, passion, curiosity and memory from the Nobel Prize-winner Jose SaramagoSenhor Jose is a lonely civil servant who spends his days labouring in the labyrinthine stacks of Lisbons central registry. Among the file-cards for the living and the dead, one - of an apparently ordinary woman - will transform his life. Breaking away from his strict routine, Jose resolves to track the woman down, obsessively following a thread of clues in a bid to rescue her from an oblivion deeper than the grave.When a very good book finds us at just the right moment in life, it can become stitched into our own identity. All the Names - a novel about identity and connection - has become stitched into mine Samantha Harvey, Independent Notes Portuguese translation about a registry office official who attempts to reconstruct peoples lives from information found in archive documents to which he has access. Author Biography Jose Saramago is one of the most important international writers of the last hundred years. Born in Portugal in 1922, he was in his sixties when he came to prominence as a writer with the publication of Baltasar and Blimunda. A huge body of work followed, translated into more than forty languages, and in 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Saramago died in June 2010. Review A novel that has soul, which Saramago offers to his readers with all his witty, intelligent, tender and magical generosity -- Samantha Harvey * Independent *Offers an unearthly, muted beauty; a freedom from the obvious, the ideological and trivial; an atmosphere of profound serenity, and a benevolent humor * Literary Review *Both delightful and unsettling which is perhaps the mark of true literature -- Anthony Daniels * Sunday Telegraph *A tantalizing novel...shifting and teasing, full of metaphorical labyrinths and false trails * Herald *It is the marriage of the living and the dying...that so strongly characterizes the writing of Jose Saramago * New Statesman * Promotional A subtle and insightful story about boredom, passion, curiosity and memory from the Nobel Prize-winner Jose Saramago Kirkus UK Review The international importance of Portugals most famous author was recognized in 1988 when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. This novel is one of his finest, exploring identity and the abuse of bureaucratic power with a sly, black humour. Set in the labyrinthine world of the central registry of births, marriages and deaths it follows a twisting Ariadnes thread that reaches from lowly clerk to an anonymous woman whose card he accidently draws. Developing an obsession to establish her identity he set out to investigate her life. The link between them, however, is more complex and dangerous than he suspects. (Kirkus UK) Review Text A novel that has soul, which Saramago offers to his readers with all his witty, intelligent, tender and magical generosity Review Quote A novel that has soul, which Saramago offers to his readers with all his witty, intelligent, tender and magical generosity Promotional "Headline" A subtle and insightful story about boredom, passion, curiosity and memory from the Nobel Prize-winner Jose Saramago Details ISBN1860467202 Series Panther S. Year 2000 ISBN-10 1860467202 ISBN-13 9781860467202 Format Paperback Imprint The Harvill Press Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from Portuguese DEWEY 869.342 Media Book Language English Pages 256 Publisher Vintage Publishing UK Release Date 2000-06-01 Publication Date 2000-06-01 AU Release Date 2000-06-01 NZ Release Date 2000-06-01 Narrator Susan McInearny Translator Larissa Volokhonsky Edited by Sue Buswell Birth 1939 Affiliation Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Bipolar Clinic and Reseach Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Position Associate Professor of Psychiatry Qualifications Ph.D. Author José Saramago Alternative 9781448112890 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:940875;

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