The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis by José Saramago
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Deep Inside Lisbon

How is it possible to combine Kafka, Proust, and Borges to create something entirely unique and compelling? Only Saramago knows for sure. With him Portugal is the home of Everyman who copes with the quotidian as well as the bizarre with panache and fortitude. As an incidental benefit, Ricardo Reis also provides a synopsis of Iberian literary history as well as an interesting travelogue of Lisbon. Read this with Google Earth at hand as he takes you round Baixa and Rossio.

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