Pereira Maintains (New Directions Paperbook) - Softcover

Tabucchi, Antonio; Creagh, Patrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0811226174 ISBN 13: 9780811226172

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2017

Synopsis

Set in the sweltering summer of 1938 in Portugal, a country under the fascist shadow of Spain, Pereira Maintains tells a tale of reluctant heroism.

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Review:

A masterpiece of compression.--Moshin Hamid

Tabucchi's prose creates a deep, near-profound and sometimes heart-wrenching nostalgia and constantly evokes the pain of recognizing the speed of life's passing which everyone knows but few have the strength to accept.--Alan Cheuse

Extraordinary novel.--Jonathan Lee

Pereira Maintains is small only in size. Its themes are great ones--courage, betrayal, fidelity, love, corruption; and its treatment of them is subtle, skillful, and clear. It's so clear, in fact, that you can see a very long way down, into the heart of a flawed but valiant human being, into the sickness of a nation, into the depths of political evil. It's the most impressive novel I've read for years, and one of the very few that feels truly necessary.--Philip Pullman

Book Description:

An extraordinary novel from one of Italy's most acclaimed contemporary writers

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0811226174
• ISBN 13: 9780811226172
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144