Raised From the Ground - Jose Saramago

Raised From the Ground by Jose Saramago follows the changing fortunes of the Mau Tempo family--poor landless peasants not unlike Saramago's own grandparents. Set in Alentejo, a southern province of Portugal known for its vast agricultural estates, the novel charts the lives of the Mau Tempos as national and international events rumble on in the background--the coming of the republic in Portugual, the two world wars, and an attempt on the dictator Salazar's life. Yet nothing really impinges on the grim reality of the farm laborers' lives until the first communist stirrings. "Raised from the Ground" is Saramago's most deeply personal novel, the book in which he found the signature style and voice that distinguishes all of his brilliant works.

Publisher: 

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Edition: 

First

Year Published: 

2012

Binding: 

Hard cover

ISBN: 

9780151013258

Condition: 

Remaindered, fine

Dimensions: 

23.5 × 16.2 × 3 cm

Book Weight: 

1.157 kg

Price: 

ZAR 115.00

In Stock: 

3

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Front cover of Raised From the Ground by Jose Saramago