The history of the siege of Lisbon / José Saramago ; translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero.

By:

Saramago, José

Contributor(s):

Pontiero, Giovanni

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: Portuguese Publication details: San Diego : Harcourt Brace, 1998.Edition: 1st Harvest edDescription: 314 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

0156006243 (pbk.)
9780156006248 (pbk.)

Uniform titles:

História do cerco de Lisboa. English

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

869.3/42 21

LOC classification:

PQ9281.A66 H5713 1998

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
single unit book	HAC Library - Holdings of the American Academy in Berlin HAC – 1st floor – Library Room – Open Stacks	R (Reference collection)	R:PQ9281.A66 H5713 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		2024-0261

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.

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