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020 | _a9781784871826 (PB) | ||
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100 | _aSaramago, Jose | ||
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_aJourney to Portugal _bA pursuit of Portugal's history and culture |
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_bVintage _c2019 _aLondon |
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300 | _aXII, 452p | ||
520 | _aFrom the misty mountains of the north to the southern seascape of the Algarve, the travels of Nobel Laureate Jose Saramago are a passionate rediscovery of his own land. Setting off in his veteran motor car, Saramago wants to travel to Portugal, as well as through it- by making it his destination the acclaimed writer hopes to take stock of his native land as it hovers on the edge of the modern world. He is no typical guide - he avoids the "sights" in favour of a remote Romanesque church, a cobweb-ridden chapel, the local and the domestic - but, with his deep fount of memory and erudite knowledge, each encounter evoking the span of Portugal's history, he is anyone's idea of a delightful travelling companion | ||
650 | _aTravel | ||
650 | _aPortugal Description and travel | ||
650 | _aPortugal | ||
690 | _aGeneral | ||
700 | _aHopkinson, Amanda | ||
700 | _aCaistor, Nick | ||
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