The history of the siege of Lisbon /
Saramago, José
The history of the siege of Lisbon / José Saramago ; translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. - 1st Harvest ed. - San Diego : Harcourt Brace, 1998. - 314 p. ; 21 cm.
Originally pub. as hbk.: c1996.
A proofreader in a publishing house changes a word in a manuscript to make a history book read that a 12th Century battle was strictly a Portuguese victory, rather than a joint victory with the Crusaders. Instead of being fired the proofreader is commissioned to develop the idea into a novel. A study in historical revisionism.
0156006243 (pbk.) 9780156006248 (pbk.)
1147
Proofreading--Fiction.
Sieges--Fiction
Lisbon (Portugal)--History--Siege, 1147--Fiction.
Historical fiction
Parables
PQ9281.A66 / H5713 1998
869.3/42
The history of the siege of Lisbon / José Saramago ; translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. - 1st Harvest ed. - San Diego : Harcourt Brace, 1998. - 314 p. ; 21 cm.
Originally pub. as hbk.: c1996.
A proofreader in a publishing house changes a word in a manuscript to make a history book read that a 12th Century battle was strictly a Portuguese victory, rather than a joint victory with the Crusaders. Instead of being fired the proofreader is commissioned to develop the idea into a novel. A study in historical revisionism.
0156006243 (pbk.) 9780156006248 (pbk.)
1147
Proofreading--Fiction.
Sieges--Fiction
Lisbon (Portugal)--History--Siege, 1147--Fiction.
Historical fiction
Parables
PQ9281.A66 / H5713 1998
869.3/42