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Original Title:	Baltasar and Blimunda
ISBN:	0156005204 (ISBN13: 9780156005203)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Baltasar, Blimunda
Setting:	Portugal
Literary Awards:	Prémio Literário Município de Lisboa

Baltasar and Blimunda

José Saramago

Paperback | Pages: 346 pages

Rating: 3.92 | 14860 Users | 734 Reviews

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Title	:	Baltasar and Blimunda
Author	:	José Saramago
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 346 pages
Published	:	October 16th 1998 by Mariner Books (first published 1982)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Classics. European Literature. Portuguese Literature. Cultural. Portugal

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From the recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature, a “brilliant...enchanting novel” (New York Times Book Review) of romance, deceit, religion, and magic set in eighteenth-century Portugal at the height of the Inquisition. National bestseller. Translated by Giovanni Pontiero.

When King and Church exercise absolute power what happens to the dreams of ordinary people? In early eighteenth century Lisbon, Baltasar, a soldier who has lost a hand in battle, falls in love with Blimunda, a young girl with strange visionary powers. From the day that he follows her home from the auto-da-fe where her mother is condemned and sent into exile, the two are bound body and soul by a love of unassailable strength. A third party shares their supper that evening: Padre Bartolemeu Lourenço, whose fantasy is to invent a flying machine. As the inquisition rages and royalty and religion clash, they pursue his impossible, not to mention heretical, dream of flight.

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King João V desperate to beget a child, a prince, makes a vow to the Capuchin friars at Mafra that should his wife Queen Mariana get a child he would built a Convent for the Friars. He does get a Child and the Convent of Mafra was his way of repaying the vow.If ever I visit Mafra in Portugal, I will know and see the hardship that went into building the Convent. Transporting huge blocks of marble from the quarry to the site of the convent is for want of a better word, back breaking. Whenever I

Saramago has good books but also strangely written books. This is one of them. Boring, it didn't stimulate me to read further. The atmosphere of the era is well depicted but it is not enough to keep the reader interested. One still waits for something to happen, but everything that happens is in such a way presented, that one loses interest in being interested. He could have rewarded the reader, after such a struggle, with some cool ending.

Baltasar and Blimunda revolves around the construction of the monumental monastery in Mafra, an effect of slyness of the Franciscans and vanity of the king of Portugal, Joao V. Thousands labouring workers to satisfy the morbid ambitions of monks and pamper bloated ego of the king remind us of builders pyramids in antiquity. Is it the ancient Egypt or the Catholic Portugal pride of kings and hypocrisy of clergy seems to be unchanged for centuries. Marriage of the altar and the throne always

Widely considered to be one of the most accomplished works from Portugal's only Nobel laureate, Baltasar and Blimunda is a heart-wrenching epic of prodigious scope. Set in the early years of the eighteenth century, the story seamlessly intertwines elements of historical fact, romantic love, richly-imagined fantasy, and poignant wisdom. Satirical and mesmerizing, this tale is a towering achievement of considerable breadth it explores the consequences of unmitigated power, the lofty and timeless

The tale is mesmerizing and it casted its spells on me straight awayThe ear has to be educated if one wishes to appreciate musical sounds, just as the eyes must learn to distinguish the value of words.Baltasar and Blimunda, written in the genre of magical realism combined with an acute social drama, is like the magic music and it is full of miraculous mysticism of words and deeds.Todays bread does not eliminate yesterdays hunger, much less that of tomorrow.Baltasar and Blimunda is about the

My 5th Saramago book and I have always been bewildered as ever. Every book by him seems to be a totally different idea. He seems to have never rewritten himself. I first started with his Blindness (3 stars) about people going blind and the world turning post-apocalyptic and this was followed by his 1001 book, The Double (4 stars) that reminded me of an instance when I myself saw a man one morning who looked like exactly like me. Then the following year, 2011, I read his The Gospel According to

Oh. That. Ending. I cried like a little baby.The most beautiful thing about Saramago's work is it captures all human (and humanity) emotions. The brilliant humour will make you get a pure joy and big laugh, the tragedy will give you the saddest moment of your life. And also, the end of the book will provoke you to tears and destroy you to the pieces.