A tantalizing novel-shifting and teasing, full of metaphorical labyrinths and false trails.-The Herald (London)
Offers an unearthly, muted beauty; a freedom from the obvious, the ideological and trivial; an atmosphere of profound serenity, and a benevolent humor.-Literary Review
It is the marriage of the living and the dying...that so strongly characterizes the writing of José Saramago.-The New Statesman
The Swedish Academy's citation called his novels 'parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony.' It is a description which perfectly captures his latest novel.-The Times (London)
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