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Skylight / José Saramago ; translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa.

Saramago, José. (Author). Costa, Margaret Jull, (translator.).

Summary:

The setting is a rundown Lisbon apartment building directly after World War II, with the narrative daisy-chaining the stories of several residents, from Beethoven-loving Adriana, who is just discovering her sensuality; to Carmen, who's come to Lisbon to marry Emilio and isn't that happy; to an elderly couple who take in a runaway.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780544090026 (hardcover) :
  • ISBN: 0544090020 (harcover)
  • Physical Description: xiii, 299 pages ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"First published with the title Clarabóia in 2011 by Editorial Caminho, SA, Lisbon."--Title page verso.
Subject: Apartment dwellers > Fiction.
City and town life > Fiction.
Interpersonal relations > Fiction.
Neighbors > Fiction.
Nineteen forties > Fiction.
Sexuality > Fiction.
Lisbon (Portugal) > Fiction.
Genre: Domestic fiction.
Portuguese fiction.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kitimat Public Library.

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