Baltasar and Blimunda -- José Saramago, Paperback
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From José Saramago, Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Baltasar and Blimunda is a "brilliant...enchanting novel" (The New York Times Book Review) of romance, deceit, religion, and magic set in eighteenth-century Portugal at the height of the Inquisition. Portugal, 1711: an amorous friar is pursued naked through the rubble-strewn streets of Lisbon; an enthusiastic procession of flagellants roars with pleasure over the damnation of adultery; a royal prince uses hapless sailors for target practice; and women dressed in colorful finery watch as lapsed converts and sorcerers are put to death by flames. In the midst of the terrors of the Inquisition and the plague, a seemingly mismatched couple discover the wonders of love. This poetic tale, graced with exquisite historical details and full of magic and adventure, is a tapestry of human folly and human will.
Baltasar and Blimunda -- José Saramago, Paperback
$18.99
Author: José Saramago
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 3/19/2025
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.77 lbs
Size: 7.97" H x 5.37" L x 0.87" W
ISBN: 9780156005203