Raised from the ground
Saramago, José2018
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This deeply personal work, follows the changing fortunes of the Mau-Tempo family -- poor, landless peasants not unlike the author's own grandparents. Saramago charts the lives of the family in Alentjo, southern Portugal, as national and international events rumble on in the background -- the coming of the republic in Portugal, the First and Second World Wars, and an attempt on the dictator Salazar's life. Yet, nothing seriously impinges on the farm labourers' lives until the first stirrings of communism.
Main title:
Raised from the ground / José Saramago ; translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa.
Author:
Saramago, José, authorCosta, Margaret Jull, translator
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2018.©2012
Collation:
387 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Translation of Levantado do chāo.English translation the first published: London : Harvill Secker, 2012.Translated from the Portuguese.
ISBN:
9781784871819 (paperback)1784871818 (paperback)
Dewey class:
869.342
Language:
EnglishPortuguese
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Subject:
Agricultural laborers -- Portugal -- Alentejo -- FictionFamilies -- Portugal -- Alentejo -- FictionPoor -- Portugal -- Alentejo -- FictionPortugal -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- FictionPortugal -- History -- 20th century -- FictionAlentejo (Portugal) -- FictionDomestic fictionHistorical fiction
BRN:
375105
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Fiction - General | SARA | Available |