"Small Memories is a . . . nourishing last gift from a great writer."--Washington Post Shifting back and forth between childhood and his teenage years, between Azinhaga and Lisbon, this is a mosaic of memories, a simply told, affecting look into the author's boyhood: the tragic death of his older brother at the age of four; his mother pawning the family's blankets every spring and buying them back in time for winter; his beloved grandparents bringing the weaker piglets into their bed on cold nights; and Saramago's early encounters with literature, from teaching himself to read by deciphering articles in the daily newspaper, to poring over an entertaining dialogue in a Portuguese-French conversation guide, not realizing that he was in fact reading a play by Moli re. Written with Saramago's characteristic wit and honesty, Small Memories traces the formation of an artist fascinated...
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2012-11-02
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En gammal man minns sin ungdom - och minns, som sådana brukar göra, att det var bättre förr. Boken är rapsodisk och vi kastas mellan tid och rum och egentligen tror jag att det vara lite sysselsättningsterapi för Saramago att skriva den. Men läs boken för språkets skull och för hans hyllning av konsten att läsa och skriva.
