Small Memories by Jose Saramago

'Let yourself be led by the child you were' - The Book of Exhortations. Born in Portugal in 1922 in the tiny village of Azinhaga, Jose Saramago was only eighteen months old when he moved with his father and mother to live in a series of cramped lodgings in a working-class neighbourhood of Lisbon. Nevertheless, he would return to the village throughout his childhood and adolescence, its river landscape and olive groves seeping deep into his memory. Shifting back and forth between Azinhaga and Lisbon, this touching book is a mosaic of memories, a gathering together of the fragmented recollections that make up the idea of one's youth. Lust, love, humiliation, aspiration - the raptures and miseries of childhood are beautifully captured. Written with Saramago's characteristic wit and honesty, Small Memories traces the formation of an artist fascinated by words and stories from an early age and who emerged, against all the odds, as one of the world's most respected writers. This 2009 Harvill Secker Hardback is in very good condition. DJ.

ISBN: 9781846551482 SKU: 1583522 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.

SKU: 1583522
Location: Biography