The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis has proven his strangest and most beautiful book. I don't want it to end. One of my favorite flâneur fictions.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 29 September 2020 15:00 (three years ago) link
I loved it. "All the Names" is also wonderful.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 29 September 2020 15:17 (three years ago) link
Highly recommend the documentary José & Pilar. Great portrayal of the drudgery of literary events, and Saramago is cranky a f. At one point they're sorting out letters and there's an invitation from the Dalai Lama, Saramago goes "I can't stand the Dalai Lama".
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 29 September 2020 15:37 (three years ago) link
Didnt know about the doc! Looks like its on youtube, will check it out this week
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 29 September 2020 16:07 (three years ago) link
It's really quite moving, and Pilar del Rio is a badass.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 30 September 2020 10:25 (three years ago) link
The Gospel According to Jesus Christ: extraordinary. Bitingly satirical but brimming with humanity. The Jesus in this book might only bear a passing resemblance to the one in the other gospels but it's a convincing portrait of someone who has divinity thrust upon them; the power hungry God drunk with blood certainly chimes with the one in the old testament. Very good on the subjugation of women too.
― Believe me, grow a lemon tree. (ledge), Monday, 23 August 2021 12:33 (two years ago) link
My first Saramago. Agree.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 23 August 2021 12:37 (two years ago) link