Raised from the ground / José Saramago ; translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa.

Author/creator Saramago, José
Other author Costa, Margaret Jull.
Format Book
Edition1st U.S. ed.
Publication InfoBoston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.
Description365 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Uniform titleLevantado do chão. English
Abstract "First published in 1980, the City of Lisbon Prize-winning Raised from the Ground 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"--Publisher's information.
General note"First published with the title Levantado do chão in 1980 by Editorial Caminho, SA, Lisbon"--T.p. verso.
Genre/formDomestic fiction.
Genre/formHistorical fiction.
LCCN 2012017326
ISBN9780151013258 (hardback)
ISBN015101325X (hardback)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PQ9281.A66 L4813 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold