Best of
Portugal
2001
La flor más grande del mundo
José Saramago - 2001
y para adultos, de José Saramago, Premio Nobel de Literatura.La flor más grande del mundo narra la historia de un niño que, recorriendo el mundo, encuentra una flor marchita. «¡Oh! No hay agua por aquí, esta flor morirá». Y entonces comienza a buscar agua por el mundo, se aleja de su casa y atraviesa paisajes desconocidos buscando la forma de salvar la flor.Un cuento cargado de fuerza y energía y un texto repleto de símbolos y enigmas. Con ilustraciones de João Caetano que contribuyen a mantener la fuerza y la poesía del relato.ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONIf children’s stories were required reading for adults, would we be capable of learning that which we’ve been teaching for so long?A beautiful tale for children—and adults—by José Saramago, Nobel Prize laureate in Literature.The Biggest Flower in the World tells the story of a child who, while traveling the world, finds a withering flower. “Oh! There is no water here. This flower will die.” So he starts to search for water around the world; he journeys far from home and crosses unknown landscapes looking for a way to save the flower.A story loaded with strength and energy and a text full of symbols and mysteries. With illustrations by João Caetano that help maintain the tale’s power and poetry.
The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa
Fernando Pessoa - 2001
The heteronyms launch movements and write manifestos, and one of them attempts to break up Pessoa's only known romantic relationship. Also included is a generous selection from Pessoa's masterpiece, The Book of Disquiet, freshly translated by Richard Zenith from newly discovered materials. The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa is an important record of a crucial part of the literary canon.
Portuguese Homestyle Cooking
Ana Patuleia Ortins - 2001
But few can say what makes the soul-comforting, understated peasant food of Portugal distinct from that of its neighbors. The abundant use of legumes and leafy greens in its hearty soups and stews? The unusual combinations of meat and shellfish? The wine and garlic marinated braises? The easy seafood preparations? Or, perhaps, the luscious, egg-sweet desserts, from light meringue puddings to rich, sweet breads? Peppered with a lifetime of anecdotes from a passionate cook’s years in a Portuguese culture, Portuguese Homestyle Cooking draws us into an immigrant kitchen where traditional culinary methods were handed down from father to daughter, shared and refined with the help of the family and friends who watched, chopped, and tasted. The recipes in Portuguese Homestyle Cooking are of dishes prepared as they were in Portugal—but with the measurements standardized and perfected and the commonly used ingredients and methods fully explained. Novices and experienced chefs alike will enjoy preparing these savory dishes.
Song of the Sound
Adam Armstrong - 2001
She can provide a home for her daughter while she studies the marine creatures she loves. When she meets John-Cody Gibbs whose understanding of wildlife is so profound as to be almost magical, it seems she has found the perfect man. But John-Cody is still grieving the loss of Mahina, the woman he had loved for more than twenty years. And he has a dark secret in his past and enemies who are more than ready to use it to destroy his earthly paradise.From the Hardcover edition.
The Marrano Factory: The Portuguese Inquisition and Its New Christians 1536-1765
António José Saraiva - 2001
Most or nearly all of the New Christian Inquisitorial victims (some 40,000 between 1540 and 1765) were unremarkable Catholics who often had minimal Jewish ancestry. The Portuguese Inquisitorial procedure was not designed to distinguish between guilt and innocence, but considered any defendant, once categorized a New Christian, a Judaizer. First published in Portuguese in 1969, this is the only work by Antonio Jose Saraiva available in English and the only single-volume history devoted primarily to the working of the Portuguese Inquisition, a most lucid and compact survey. It presents Saraiva s 1975 revised history and analysis of the Portuguese Inquisition; a 1971 interview with Professor Israel Salvator Revah; Saraiva s dialogues and Revah s reply of the same year; both scholars letters to the Diario de Lisboa. Footnotes and introductions have been expanded. A brief survey of the Portuguese Inquisition in Goa, India, as well as a list of Portuguese kings and Inquisitors-general and an up-to-date bibliography have been added."