saramago jose translated giovanni pontiero (11 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: New. 1st Edition. Advance reading copy. Brand new condition. Unread and unmarked.

Soft cover. Condición: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 165 pages. Published in 2012. Collection of short stories, published posthumously. Uncorrected Proof. The very first appearance of the title in published form in English and in the United Kingdom, it is one of Jose Saramago's earliest books, published in 1978 and now finally available in translation thirty-four years later. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited one-time-only print run as a softcover original only for the exclusive use of the publisher and author. None of the copies was commercially sold. There is no American Edition. The Uncorrected Proof is now rare. Presents Jose Saramago's "Objecto Quase" in a felicitous English translation. A magnanimous gesture from the Modern Master. "Combining bitter satire, outrageous parody, and uncanny hallucinations, this collection of Saramago's earliest stories attests to the novelist's imaginative power and incomparable skill in elaborating the most extravagant fantasies. Each tale is a wicked, surreal take on life under dictatorship: In 'Embargo', a man drives around a city that is slowly running out of petrol; 'The Chair' recounts what happens when dictator Salazar falls off his chair and dies; in the Kafkaesque 'Things', the life of a civil servant is threatened as objects start to go missing" (Publisher's blurb). "Saramago will be a permanent part of the Western canon. In all of his wonderful meditations upon the ruefulness of life, there is always a spirit of laughter beckoning us in the art of somehow going on. His achievement is one of the enlargements of life" (Harold Bloom). That is to say, more than any other great European writer of our time, he makes us laugh at his pain. "Arguably the greatest writer of our time. He throws a dazzling flash of lightning on his subjects" (The Chicago Tribune). Saramago was an anomaly who came out of nowhere, seemingly born a genius. Every single page of every single book he has ever written makes the reader feel that he or she is in the hands of an unsurpassable Master. An absolute "must-have" title for Jose Saramago collectors. This is a copy of the Uncorrected Proof. This title is a late-modern classic. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the Uncorrected Proof of the First British Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. Regarded by Harold Bloom as one of the two greatest novelists of our time (the other being Philip Roth), Jose Saramago will be read as probably the greatest European novelist of the last fifty years. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JOSE SARAMAGO TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). no.

Original Wraps. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Jacket, as Issued. 5th or later Edition. A later impression of the first Harcourt / Harvest / Mariner paperback edition, first published in 1999 - this copy being a later reprint. Harvill Press published a hardback edition in the UK in 1997. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. ***Very good in matt white printed card wrappers. Edges and corners of the wrappers are slightly creased. No tears. No reading creases to the spine. Spine tight. Wrappers slightly marked. No inscriptions. Internally clean. 205mm x 135mm. 326 pages plus a four page excerpt from 'José Saramago's new novel "Seeing"' at the back of the book. ***'A magnificent parable of loss and disorientation and a vivid evocation of the horrors of the twentieth century, Blindness is a powerful portrayal of man's worst appetites and weaknesses - and man's ultimately exhilarating spirit.' ***'A shattering work by a literary master.' - The Boston Globe (Quote and review quote taken from the back wrapper). ***A later impression of the first US paperback edition, published by Harcourt / Harvest in the Mariner paperbacks series. A good reading copy. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Original Wraps. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Jacket, as Issued. Paula Piglia [Cover illustration] Ilustrador. First Simultaneous UK Paperback Edition. First impression of the second UK edition, published in 1996 as a paperback original [PBO], with 'First impression' stated on the printer's page. The first UK edition was published in 1992, also as a PBO with a simultaneous hardcover issue. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. ***Near fine in colour-illustrated covers, with cover illustration by Paula Piglia. Edges of covers just slightly rubbed and creased. Covers bright. Spine slightly faded, with a light vertical reading crease. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean. Spine tight. No tears. ***358 pages plus page of reviews of The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis, and a four page numbered catalogue of Harvill paperback titles to the rear. 216 mm x 134 mm. ***'In "Ricardo Reis" Saramago has created one of the most enigmatic characters in modern fiction, a man in touch with every facet of life at a moment in history when every certainty in civilised society is about to be scattered to the winds.' - Herbert Mitgang in the New York Times [Review quote taken from the back cover] ***A first impression of the second UK paperback edition, in very nice bright condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good+, Not Price Clipped. American First. Complete letter line from A to F; minimal wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; dust jacket is protected by a mylar cover; 294 pages. Book.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. "First United States edition A B C D E " stated. Fine hardback in fine dust jacket (>$21.95 (Higher in Canada)). Only trivial, if any signs of age/wear/previous use to book and dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition in English. First impression of the first edition in English. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. ***Near fine in pale violet-grey boards and grey cloth-covered spine with black titles to spine. No tears. Pages clean and bright. Spine tight. ***In a near fine colour-illustrated dustwrapper, with the original publisher's price of $23.00. Extremities of dustwrapper slightly creased and rubbed. No tears. Dustwrapper bright. 234mm x 260mm. 292 pages. ***'Joana Carda scratches the ground with an elm branch and the mute dogs of Cerbere begin to bark, portending doom. The earth cracks open and the Iberian peninsula separates from Europe and floats off into the Atlantic. The people flee the coastal areas in a mass exodus, to wander, disorientated across the floating, spinning island's interior. Among them are a group of strangers who wind up in the home of Maria Guavaira: Joaquim Sassa, who threw a stone into the sea and then found himself in Maria's bed; Joana Carda, who cut the earth in two; Jose Anaico, the king of the starlings; Pedro Orce, who can make the earth tremble with his feet; and a dog with no name and every name. ***At once an epic adventure and a timely political fable about the vicissitudes of the European community, The Stone Raft is a narrative tour de force by a "world-class writer". (USA Today). (Quote from inside front of dustwrapper blurb). ***First impression of the first edition in English, complete in its original attractive colour-illustrated dustwrapper, in nice bright condition. Uncommon to find the US first impression (which came out before the British edition) in the UK. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 165 pages. Published in 2012. Collection of short stories, published posthumously. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United Kingdom. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original which sold out shortly after publication. It is one of Jose Saramago's earliest books, published in 1978, and now finally available in translation thirty-four years later. There is no American Edition. The First Edition is now rare. Presents Jose Saramago's "Objecto Quase" in a felicitous English translation. A magnanimous gesture from the Modern Master. "Combining bitter satire, outrageous parody, and uncanny hallucinations, this collection of Saramago's earliest stories attests to the novelist's imaginative power and incomparable skill in elaborating the most extravagant fantasies. Each tale is a wicked, surreal take on life under dictatorship: In 'Embargo', a man drives around a city that is slowly running out of petrol; 'The Chair' recounts what happens when dictator Salazar falls off his chair and dies; in the Kafkaesque 'Things', the life of a civil servant is threatened as objects start to go missing" (Publisher's blurb). "Saramago will be a permanent part of the Western canon. In all of his wonderful meditations upon the ruefulness of life, there is always a spirit of laughter beckoning us in the art of somehow going on. His achievement is one of the enlargements of life" (Harold Bloom). That is to say, more than any other great European writer of our time, he makes us laugh at his pain. "Arguably the greatest writer of our time. He throws a dazzling flash of lightning on his subjects" (The Chicago Tribune). Saramago was an anomaly who came out of nowhere, seemingly born a genius. Every single page of every single book he has ever written makes the reader feel that he or she is in the hands of an unsurpassable Master. An absolute "must-have" title for Jose Saramago collectors. This title is a late-modern classic. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (British) available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. Regarded by Harold Bloom as one of the two greatest novelists of our time (the other being Philip Roth), Jose Saramago will be read as probably the greatest European novelist of the last fifty years. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JOSE SARAMAGO TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 1844678784. no.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 292 pages. Published in 1995. The author's fourth novel to be translated into English. One of the greatest novels of the 20th century. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only that was made possible by a grant from the National Library of Portugal. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Jose Saramago's "A Jangada de Pedra" in a felicitous English translation. His imaginative and prescient allegory on Europe. What if Portugal and Spain, once omnipotent world powers now reduced to second-class status, were to break away altogether from Europe and become adrift like a raft on the Atlantic? Saramago imagines just such a break-up (which results from a massive crack in the Pyrenees) in one of his greatest creations. "The silent dogs of Cerbere begin to bark, a sign that the universe is coming to an end. People start to wander about aimlessly. The Portuguese Government resigns as it becomes clear that the new island is going to collide with the Azores. With death and destruction seemingly imminent, a group of strangers ends up together, and their lives are transformed" (Publisher's blurb). Among other delicious catastrophes, the possibility that the island/raft will hit the United States, slamming into and pushing New York City inland, is the most brilliant. Saramago re-visits and re-examines "the human condition", that otherwise exhausted inheritance from the idea and the reality called Europe, and sees it with fresh eyes through the prism of Apocalypse/"The End". He revitalizes and enlarges the novel through allegory. Often described as a satirist, Saramago's work goes much deeper, and he is perhaps the greatest literary ironist since Franz Kafka. An important distinction: A satirist mocks, makes fun of, and laughs at others; an ironist mocks, makes fun of, and laughs at himself, that is, makes us laugh at his pain. Saramago was an anomaly who came out of nowhere, seemingly born a genius. Every single page of every single book he has ever written makes the reader feel that he or she is in the hands of an unsurpassable Master. An absolute "must-have" title for Jose Saramago collectors. This title is a great book. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (American) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. Regarded by Harold Bloom as one of the two greatest novelists of our time (the other being Philip Roth), Jose Saramago will be read as probably the greatest European novelist of the last fifty years. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JOSE SARAMAGO TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0151851980. no.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 292 pages. Published in 1995. The author's fourth novel to be translated into English. One of the greatest novels of the 20th century. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only that was made possible by a grant from the National Library of Portugal. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Jose Saramago's "A Jangada de Pedra" in a felicitous English translation. His imaginative and prescient allegory on Europe. What if Portugal and Spain, once omnipotent world powers now reduced to second-class status, were to break away altogether from Europe and become adrift like a raft on the Atlantic? Saramago imagines just such a break-up (which results from a massive crack in the Pyrenees) in one of his greatest creations. "The silent dogs of Cerbere begin to bark, a sign that the universe is coming to an end. People start to wander about aimlessly. The Portuguese Government resigns as it becomes clear that the new island is going to collide with the Azores. With death and destruction seemingly imminent, a group of strangers ends up together, and their lives are transformed" (Publisher's blurb). Among other delicious catastrophes, the possibility that the island/raft will hit the United States, slamming into and pushing New York City inland, is the most brilliant. Saramago re-visits and re-examines "the human condition", that otherwise exhausted inheritance from the idea and the reality called Europe, and sees it with fresh eyes through the prism of Apocalypse/"The End". He revitalizes and enlarges the novel through allegory. Often described as a satirist, Saramago's work goes much deeper, and he is perhaps the greatest literary ironist since Franz Kafka. An important distinction: A satirist mocks, makes fun of, and laughs at others; an ironist mocks, makes fun of, and laughs at himself, that is, makes us laugh at his pain. Saramago was an anomaly who came out of nowhere, seemingly born a genius. Every single page of every single book he has ever written makes the reader feel that he or she is in the hands of an unsurpassable Master. An absolute "must-have" title for Jose Saramago collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Jose Saramago. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great book. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (American) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Among Nobel Laureates, Saramago's signature was the most difficult to get because he rarely left Lanzarote, the island he moved to at the height of his fame. Signed copies of his books remain under-priced as compared to those of Gabriel Garcia Marquez or Cormac McCarthy. Saramago will be regarded by posterity as a greater writer than both of them, and there is no British or American novelist of the last fifty years, living or dead, who comes close to Saramago's achievement. A rare signed copy thus. Regarded by Harold Bloom as one of the two greatest novelists of our time (the other being Philip Roth), Jose Saramago will be read as probably the greatest European novelist of the last fifty years. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JOSE SARAMAGO TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0151851980. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 377 pages. Published in 1994. The author's third novel to be translated into English. Widely considered Jose Saramago's greatest novel. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Jose Saramago's "O evangelho segundo Jesus Cristo" in a felicitous English translation. The most irreverent yet at the same time, also the most moving re-telling of the story of Jesus. Saramago's irony is deployed in a novel that amounts to a "re-write" of The Gospels, the latter being, in his view, invented works of fiction (they were all written hundreds of years after Jesus of Nazareth died). Saramago's novel provoked an outcry in Roman Catholic Portugal. It was debated in Parliament and withdrawn from consideration for the European Literature Prize. The controversy hurt Saramago deeply. He moved to the island of Lanzarote permanently, which explains why he was absent on the world stage at the peak of his fame. Saramago's Gospel is closely linked with all of his oeuvre, acutely so with his late, post-Nobel Prize work. Often described as a satirist, Saramago's work goes much deeper, and he is perhaps the greatest literary ironist since Franz Kafka. Saramago's novel is infinitely superior to say, Norman Mailer's "The Gospel According To The Son" (1999) partly because he writes as someone steeped in Catholic culture, and also because he is a much greater writer than Mailer could ever be. Saramago was an anomaly who came out of nowhere, seemingly born a genius. Every single page of every single book he has ever written makes the reader feel that he or she is in the hands of an unsurpassable Master. An absolute "must-have" title for Jose Saramago collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Jose Saramago. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great book. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (American) still available online and is in fine condition overall: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Among Nobel Laureates, Saramago's signature was the most difficult to get because he rarely left Lanzarote, the island he moved to at the height of his fame. Signed copies of his books remain under-priced as compared to those of Gabriel Garcia Marquez or Cormac McCarthy. Saramago will be regarded by posterity as a greater writer than both of them, and there is no British or American novelist of the last fifty years, living or dead, who comes close to Saramago's achievement. A rare signed copy thus. Regarded by Harold Bloom as one of the two greatest novelists of our time (the other being Philip Roth), Jose Saramago will be read as probably the greatest European novelist of the last fifty years. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JOSE SARAMAGO TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0151367000. Signed by Author.