The History of the Siege of Lisbon, by José Saramogo

Tremendous! I loved reading this. Such amazing writing as Saramogo elides the story of the present-day publishing house with the story of the reconquest of Portugal from the Moors, with the same narrator commenting on what he is doing.

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Economist at Santa Clara University and Director of Friends of African Village Libraries.
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