The Lizard
  • Published: 3 December 2019
  • ISBN: 9781609809331
  • Imprint: Seven Stories Press
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 24
  • RRP: $35.00

The Lizard

  • Jose Saramago
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4 Feb 2020
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3 Dec 2019
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A story by Nobel Prize-winning writer Jose Saramago, gorgeously illustrated in woodcuts by one of Brazil's most famous artists.

A story by Nobel Prize-winning writer Jose Saramago, gorgeously illustrated in woodcuts by one of Brazil's most famous artists.

When a lizard appears in the neighborhood of Chiado, in Lisbon, it surprises passers-by, and mobilizes firefighters and the army. With a clear and precise style, the fable offers a multitude of senses, reaching audiences of all ages. "The Lizard" is a short story included in A Bagagem do Viajante (1973), a volume that brought together the Saramago chronicles for the newspaper A Capital and the weekly Jornal do Fundão between 1971 and 1972. Translated by Nick Caistor and Lucia Caistor, The Lizard, is an illustrated version of the chronicle by J. Borges.
  • Published: 3 December 2019
  • ISBN: 9781609809331
  • Imprint: Seven Stories Press
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 24
  • RRP: $35.00
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Praise for The Lizard

"J. Borges' illustrations underline enchantment: they continue to refer, without shame or fear, to a magical universe that can no longer exist. As in the paintings of Brueghel, they are the last remaining traces of a possible magic realm--not that of fairies, but of ordinary mankind, in an epoch that insists on imposing on us the medieval cliché of darkness." --Bernardo Carvalho

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