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Jos Saramago
Manual of Painting and Calligraphy [EPUB ebook]

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H. is a struggling artist with a commission to paint a portrait of a well-known industrialist. Whilst the industrialist sits for the portrait, H. begins an affair with his subject s secretary. Meanwhile the painting starts to fail. For inspiration H. takes a trip to Italy to contemplate the works of the great artists, but when his friend back home is arrested by the secret police of Salazar s regime, H. is pulled back to Portugal. Art, sexuality and politics collide in Saramago s first novel.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9781473548671 ● Translator Giovanni Pontiero ● Publisher Random House ● Published 2018 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 6473590 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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