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Synopsis
Pereira is an obese, middle-aged widower with a heart condition and a penchant for sweet lemonade and omelettes. A veteran crime reporter editing the Culture Page of a Lisbon daily in 1938, he prints 19th-century French stories and plans to run obituaries on distinguished authors of conservative views. But when he takes on a young assistant, Monteiro Rossi, who, with his girlfriend, is engaged in political activism, he discovers that ignoring the world around him is no longer an available option.
| Size | | Length: | 136 pages | | Height: | 8.8 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 10.4 oz |
Publisher's Notes
First Line: "Pereira declares he met him one summer's day."
Industry Reviews
"Just when we might have started to think of him as an elegant dreamer-errant, the Valery Larbaud of Italian letters, Antonio Tabucchi has mercilessly opened a window on the imminent implosion of modern democracy and caught us napping."
Times Literary Supplement - Jonathan Keates
"It is a treat to find a contemporary novelist willing to resurrect the old question of literary-political engagement, reminding us that it once was, and can still be, a very dangerous thing."
Boston Book Review - Dan Cianfarini (06/19/1996)
"The novel is worth reading not simply because it is ingenious and moving, but because it links politics, commerce, and good writing in a way that's rare in this country."
New York Times Book Review - Lawrence Venturi
"One of the most intriguing and appealing character studies in recent European fiction, and easily the best work of Tabucchi's to have appeared in English translation."
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