9780151997350 - The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis by Saramago, Jose (19 results)

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Condition: acceptable. The book is complete and readable, with all pages and cover intact. Dust jacket, shrink wrap, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may have light notes, highlighting, or minor water exposure, but nothing that affects readability. May be an ex-library copy and could include library markings or stickers.

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: acceptable. Book is considered to be in acceptable condition. The actual cover image may not match the stock photo. Book may have one or more of the following defects: noticeable wear on the cover dust jacket or spine; curved, dog eared or creased page s ; writing or highlighting inside or on the edges; sticker s or other adhesive on cover; CD DVD may not be included; and book may be a former library copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine book and jacket. Previous owner inscription.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Dustjacket. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. San Diego. 1991. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0151997357. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. 358 pages. hardcover. keywords: Europe Portugal Literature Translated World Literature. DESCRIPTION - The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis (in Portuguese: O Ano da Morte de Ricardo Reis) is a 1984 novel by Portuguese novelist Jose Saramago, the winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in literature. It tells the story of the final year in the life of the title character, Ricardo Reis, one of the many heteronyms used by the Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa. In the novel, Ricardo Reis returns to Lisbon from Brazil, upon receiving word of Pessoa's death. While there, he chooses not to resume his practice of medicine, but rather takes up residence in a hotel where he wastes his days reading newspapers and wandering the streets of Lisbon. The novel was translated into English by Giovanni Pontiero in 1991 and won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. The novel addresses several powerful literary themes, but most of them indirectly. For instance, Reis reads of the events leading to the Spanish Civil War, and he sees floods of Spanish immigrants arrive in Lisbon seeking refuge, but he himself never expresses strong feelings or even a cogent understanding of the meaning of the conflict. Reis also carries on a lackluster love affair, but even in what seem to be his most intimate relationships, he is continually and voluntarily alienated from society. The most revealing glimpse of Reis is in a series of conversations with the spirit of Fernando Pessoa, over the course of which Reis loses a clear concept of the nature of life and death and the difference between the two. In the novel's final scene, Reis dies by calmly putting on his jacket and following Pessoa to the graveyard. Ultimately, it is a story of one man's attempt to resist any sort of cultural contextualization and reject any place in society whatsoever. This book is also, in some sense, an exercise in meta-literature. Fernando Pessoa created the character of Ricardo Reis fifty years or more before this novel was written, giving him a biography and writing many poems in that name. That Saramago would place the two characters side by side suggests a deliberate blurring of the boundaries between fantasy and reality, a theme common in Saramago's work, and a rejection of traditional limitations on narrative practices. Reis spends much of his time reading a novel called The God of the Labyrinth, a fictional novel mentioned by Jorge Luis Borges and attributed to the title character of his short story A Survey of the Works of Herbert Quain. The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis is written in Saramago's distinctive style, in which he uses no punctuation except commas and periods, denoting dialogue and changes of speaker using only capital letters. He uses long, flowing sentences and paragraphs often several pages in length. Saramago also digresses from the story frequently, occasionally even in the first person, remarking philosophically on the significance of images, objects or situations encountered in the story. Saramago's writing technique often has strong magical-realist elements. inventory #9829.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991; stated first U.S. edition; 358pp. Very good hardcover from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Binding is tight, sturdy and square; blue and black quarter-cloth boards very good; blue titling bright and bold. Ends of spine lightly bumped; corners lightly bumped and worn. Unclipped dust jacket is very good with light wear to ends of spine and corners. Interior is free of previous owner markings. Ships same or next day from Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 0151997357 First Print. First edition. NOT inscribed, clipped or otherwise marked. Shipped in a box with a protective cover on dust jacket. Alphabet ABCDE. Book looks new.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. "First United States edition A B C D E " stated. Fine hardback in fine dust jacket (>$21.95 (Higher in Canada)). Only trivial, if any signs of age/wear/previous use to book and dust jacket.

Quarter Cloth and Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. First Edition. First United States edition, A B C D E , so stated. Quarter black cloth with blue hard cover and blue tiles to the spine.358 pp. This copy is FINEin a VG+, unclipped ( $21.95 higher in Canada) DJ. No noticeable blemishes to the copy. Rich, unmarked, crisp, no noticeable wear. DJ has minimal rubbing at the seams of the covers and a hint of creasing at the top.

Paper Boards with Cloth Spine. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First US Edition. Translated by Giovanni Pontiero. Stated first US edition with 'number line" being ABCDE. Blue paper boards with black cloth spine. Blue titles on spine. Book in very tidy condition. Contents tight and clean with no inscriptions. Dust jacket has minor edge-wear only. It has not been price clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First printing. A B C D E indicates a first printing. Text block and pages slightly yellow due to age. Dust jacket protected with mylar. Ships in a sturdy box.

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Hardback. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition in English. First edition in English. 8vo. Pp. [viii], 358. Quarter-bound black cloth over mid-blue paper boards, stamped in blue foil to spine. Jacket design by Vaughn Andrews (priced at $21.95 to front flap). Translated by Giovanni Pontiero. Originally published in 1984 as O Ano da Morte de Ricardo Reis by Editorial Caminho, Lisbon. Ephemera tipped in. Former ownership inscription inked to flyleaf, o/w Fine. Author's second book to be translated into English. Winner of the 1993 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. Recipient of both the 1995 Camões Prize and the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature. A dialogue enacted between the title character, Ricardo Reis - one of the many heteronyms (imaginary characters) created by the Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa in order to enable him to write in differing styles - and the ghost of its author. "[T]he greatest of his novels." -New Statesman.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American Edition Stated. English transl Giovanni Pontiero.Blue boards, black quarter-cloth spine, unclipped black dj, all exc unread, pristine cond; 358 pp.1st prtg, pub letter code abcde on copyright pg. 6.5"-9.5".

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by the Nobel Prize winner on the title page. TM. Signed by Author(s).