The History of the Siege of Lisbon

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Protection:
Filigrane

Année de parution:
1998

ISBN-13: 9780547540344

<DIV><B>A proofreader realizes his power to edit the truth on a whim, in a </B><B>&ldquo;brilliantly original&rdquo; novel by a Nobel Prize winner (<I>Los Angeles Times Book Review</I>).</B><BR /> &#160;<BR /> Raimundo Silva is a middle-aged, celibate clerk, proofing manuscripts for a respectable publishing house. Fluent in Portuguese, he has been assigned to work on a standard history of the country, and the twelfth-century king who laid siege to Lisbon. In a moment of subversive daring, Raimundo decides to change just one single word of text&mdash;a capricious revision that completely undoes the past. When discovered, his insolent disregard for facts appalls his employers&mdash;save for his new editor, Maria Sara. She suggests that Rainmundo take his transgressions even further.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> Through Rainmundo and Maria&rsquo;s eyes, what transpires is an alternate view of history and a colorful reinvention of a debatable truth. It&rsquo;s a serpentine journey through time where past and present converge, fact becomes myth, and fiction and reality blur&mdash;especially for Rainmundo and Maria themselves, who begin to find themselves erotically drawn to each other.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> &ldquo;Walter Mitty has nothing on Raimundo Silva&#160;.&#160;.&#160;. this hypnotic tale is a great comic romp through history, language and the imagination.&rdquo; &mdash;<I>Publishers Weekly</I><BR /> &#160;<BR /><I>Translated by Giovanni Pontiero</I><BR /> &#160;</DIV>