Manual of Painting and Calligraphy by Giovanni Pontiero, José Saramago

Manual of Painting and Calligraphy

Giovanni Pontiero, José Saramago

322 pages first pub 1977 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging reflective slow-paced
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By the author of Baltasar and Blimunda. The last years of Salazar's dictatorship provide a backdrop for this novel. The story is told by H, a second-rate artist commissioned by a wealthy client to paint a family portrait. As he works, he reflects ...

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