Bibliograph

The history of the siege of Lisbon, José Saramago ; translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero

Type

Label

The history of the siege of Lisbon, José Saramago ; translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The history of the siege of Lisbon

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

748286598

Responsibility statement

José Saramago ; translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero

Summary

A proofreader in a publishing house changes a word in a manuscript to make a history book read that a 12th Century battle was strictly a Portuguese victory, rather than a joint victory with the Crusaders. Instead of being fired the proofreader is commissioned to develop the idea into a novel. A study in historical revisionism

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