A previously unpublished novel by a literary master, Skylight tells the intertwined stories of the residents of a faded apartment building in 1940s Lisbon.
Silvestre and Mariana, a happily married elderly couple, take in a young nomad,...
Como ya nos sorprendiera en su tiempo con la magnífica obra “Ensayo Sobre La Ceguera ”, en la que nos ofrecía una espeluznante parábola de la opresión de las fuerzas políticas sobre los indefensos ciudadanos, el escritor...
On the first day of the new year, no one dies. This of course causes consternation among politicians, religious leaders, morticians, and doctors. Among the general public, on the other hand, there is initially celebration—flags are hung out on...
"La Caverna" es la nueva novela del escritor portugués José Saramago. En ella el escritor critica la sociedad consumista de nuestros tiempos. La novela cuenta la historia de una familia de artesanos que fabrica objetos de barro y se da...
In 1551, King João III of Portugal gave Archduke Maximilian an unusual wedding present: an elephant named Solomon. The elephant’s journey from Lisbon to Vienna was witnessed and remarked upon by scholars, historians, and ordinary people. Out...