As early as 1878 he had at least given a name to his masterpiece os maias the maias, though this was largely. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa blindness by jose saramago os. Its taken forever to get a fine translation in english of his greatest book, the maias. The book was published in multiple languages including portuguese, consists of 681 pages and is available in paperback format. Zola considered him to be far greater than flaubert. He is considered to be one of the greatest portuguese novelists and is certainly the leading 19thcentury portuguese novelist. Thank you for visiting our website and your interest in our free products and services. Funny, well written, with a good plot and a wonderful scoundrel theodorico raposo for the main character. Aug 04, 2012 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Set in the milieu of the 19th century portuguese aristocracy already an exotic world for englishspeakers, the maias tells the tale of three generations of a great and noble family, following. In a long book over 600 pages no detail is forgotten, and a convincing picture of mid 19th century lisbon is built up. Media in category os maias the following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total. Hier kaufen oder eine gratis kindle leseapp herunterladen. Carlos da maia, the novels young hero and the heir to one of portugals.
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. In the first half of the 20th century, aquilino ribeiro was an exceptional regional novelist. The book largely concerns the life of young aristocrat carlos da maia in 1870s portugal, when along with his best. The city and the mountains, was an outstanding realist novelist. At age 16, he went to coimbra to study law at the university of coimbra. In the london observer, jonathan keates ranked him alongside dickens, balzac and tolstoy. Portuguese free audio book that you can download in mp3, ipod and itunes format for your portable audio player.