Skylight |
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Author:
| Saramago, José |
Translator:
| Costa, Margaret Jull |
ISBN: | 978-1-84655-733-0 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2014 |
Publisher: | Penguin Random House
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Imprint: | Harvill Secker |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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Called âe~the book lost and found in timeâe(tm) by its author, Skylight is one of Saramagoâe(tm)s earliest novels. The manuscript was lost in the publishersâe(tm) offices in Lisbon for decades, and is only now being published in English.
Lisbon, late-1940s. The inhabitants of an old apartment block are struggling to make ends meet. Thereâe(tm)s the elderly shoemaker and his wife who take in a solitary young lodger; the woman who sells herself for money, clothes and...
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Called âe~the book lost and found in timeâe(tm) by its author, Skylight is one of Saramagoâe(tm)s earliest novels. The manuscript was lost in the publishersâe(tm) offices in Lisbon for decades, and is only now being published in English.
Lisbon, late-1940s. The inhabitants of an old apartment block are struggling to make ends meet. Thereâe(tm)s the elderly shoemaker and his wife who take in a solitary young lodger; the woman who sells herself for money, clothes and jewellery; the cultivated family come down in the world, who live only for each other and for music; and the beautiful typist whose boss canâe(tm)t keep his eyes off her. Poisonous relationships, happy marriages, jealousy, gossip and love âe" Skylight brings together all the joys and grief of ordinary people.