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020			_a9781784871826 (PB)
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100			_aSaramago, Jose
245			_aJourney to Portugal _bA pursuit of Portugal's history and culture
260			_bVintage _c2019 _aLondon
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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