Journey to Portugal by Saramago, Jose -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Contents About the Book About the Author Also by Jose Saramago Praise List of Illustrations Dedication Title Page Author’s Preface to the English Edition I: From Northeast to Northwest: The Douro and The Duero

Map 1. The Sermon of the Fishes 2. The Wicked Ways of Dossel 3. The Fiery Waters of the River de Onor 4. The Story of the Soldier José Jorge 5. The Devil’s Temptations 6. The Stately Home 7. The Tame Wolf’s Cave 8. Passionate Animals 9. Where Camilo is Not 10. Sleeping Beauty’s Castle 11. Of Headaches and Other Miracles 12. An Even Bigger House 13. The Girls of Castro Laboreiro 14. St George Sets Forth on Horseback 15. Food for the Body 16. Mount Everest of Lanhoso 17. “Beside the River They Call the Douro … ”

II: Lowlands Beside The Ocean

Map 1. Endless Waters 2. At Home with the Marquess of Marialva 3. Not Every Ruin is a Roman Ruin 4. Coimbra Climbs, Coimbra Falls 5. A Castle Fit for Hamlet 6. At the Mountain’s Gateway

III: Soft-Stone Beiras, Be Patient

Map 1. The Man Who Could Not Forget 2. Bread, Cheese and Wine in Cidadelhe 3. How Malva Got its Name 4. A Grain of Corn Away from Being Lisbon 5. New Temptations of the Devil 6. King of Cards 7. Highs and Lows 8. The Town of Stone 9. The Ghost of José Júnior 10. “Hic Est Chorus”

IV: From Mondego to Sado, Stopping all The While

Map 1. One Islands, Two Islands 2. Arts of Water and Fire 3. Friars, Warriors and Fishermen 4. The Oldest House 5. So Near and Yet so Far 6. Captain Bonina 7. The Name in the Map 8. There Was Once a Slave 9. Paradise Encountered 10. At the Gates of Lisbon 11. They Say It’s a Good Thing 12. Chimneys and Orange Groves

V: The Vast and Burning Lands of Alentejo

Map 1. Where the Eagles Rest 2. A Rose Flower 3. One Ancient Stone, One Man 4. The Destruction of Nests is Prohibited 5. The Night the World Began 6. Looking and Leaping 7. The Italians in Mértola

VI: Of The Algarve, Sun, Dry Bread and Soft Bread

Map 1. The Director and his Museum 2. Portuguese as She is Not Spoken 3. The Traveller Sets Out Again

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