Baltasar and Blimunda by José Saramago, Giovanni Pontiero (Translator)

Baltasar and Blimunda by José Saramago, Giovanni Pontiero (Translator)From the recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature, a brilliant enchanting novel (New York Times Book Review) of romance, deceit, religion, and magic set in eighteenth century Portugal at the height of the Inquisition. National bestseller. When King and Church exercise absolute power what happens to the dreams of ordinary people? In early eighteenth century Lisbon, Baltasar, a soldier who has lost a hand in battle, falls in love with Blimunda, a

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