A Maior Flor do Mundo
Porto Editora
2016
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E se as histórias para crianças passassem a ser de leitura obrigatória para os adultos?
Seriam eles capazes de aprender realmente o que há tanto tempo têm andado a ensinar?
Seriam eles capazes de aprender realmente o que há tanto tempo têm andado a ensinar?
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| Autores | José Saramago |
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The CaveCipriano Algor, an ageing potter, lives with his daughter and her husband in the shadow of the Centre, a nebulous, constantly expanding conglomerate that provides his livelihood - until it decrees that it is no longer interested in his humble wares. Together with his daughter, they craft a new line of small ceramic figurines and, to their bafflement, the Centre orders vast quantities. But once the figures are complete, the Centre recants: there is no market for them. Resigned to idleness Cipriano moves into the soulless megaplex, until late one night he comes across a horrifying secret in the bowels of the artificial city. The Cave is a harrowing, joyful masterpiece: an Orwellian nightmare, a family fable and an uplifting love story. -
The DoubleWatching a rented video, Tertuliano Maximo Afonso is shocked to notice that one of the actors is identical to him in every physical detail. He embarks on a secret quest to find his double and sets in motion a train of events that he cannot control. Saramago´s novel explores the nature of individuality and examines the fear and insecurity that arise when our singularity comes under threat, when even a wife cannot tell the original from the imposter... -
SeeingDespite the heavy rain, the presiding officer at Polling Station 14 finds it odd that by midday on National Election day, only a handful of voters have turned out. Puzzlement swiftly escalates to shock when eventually, after an extension, the final count reveals seventy per cent of the votes are blank - not spoiled, simply blank. National law decrees the election should be repeated eight days later. The result is worse; eighty-three per cent of the votes are blank. The incumbent government receives eight per cent and the opposition even less. The authorities, seized with panic, decamp from the capital and place it under a state of emergency. In his new novel, Jose Saramago has deftly created the politician´s ultimate nightmare: disillusionment not with one party, but with all, thereby rendering the entire democratic system useless. Seeing explores how simply this could be achieved and how devastating the results might be. -
Death At IntervalsIn an unnamed country on the first day of the new year, people stop dying. Amid the general public, there is great celebration: flags are hung out on balconies and people dance in the streets. They have achieved the great goal of humanity - eternal life. Death is on strike. Soon, though, the residents begin to suffer. For several months undertakers face bankruptcy, the church is forced to reinvent its doctrine, and local 'maphia' smuggle those on the brink of death over the border where they can expire naturally. Death does return eventually, but with a new, courteous approach - delivering violet warning letters to her victims. But what can death do when a letter is unexpectedly returned? -
Raised from the Ground"Essential... A novel that resounds with relevance for our own time." - New York Times Book ReviewFirst 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.Raised from the Ground is Saramago´s most deeply personal novel, the book in which he found the signature style and voice that distinguishes all of his brilliant works. -
The Elephant's JourneySolomon the elephant´s life is about to be upturned. For two years he has been in Lisbon, brought from the Portuguese colonies in India. Now King Dom Joao III wishes to make him a wedding gift for the Hapsburg archduke, Maximilian. It´s a nice idea, since it avoids the Portuguese king offending his Lutheran cousin with an overtly Catholic present. But it means the poor pachyderm must travel from Lisbon to Vienna on foot - the only option when transporting a large animal such a long way. So begins a journey that will take the stalwart Solomon across the dusty plains of Castile, over the sea to Genoa and up to northern Italy where, like Hannibal´s elephants before him, he must cross the snowy Alps. Accompanying him is his quiet keeper, Subhro, who watches while - at every place they stop - people try to turn Solomon into something he is not. From worker of holy miracles to umbrella stand, the unassuming elephant suffers the many attempts of humans to impose meaning on what they don´t understand. Saramago´s latest novel is an enchanting mix of fact (an Indian elephant really did make this journey in 1551), fable and fantasy. Filled with wonderful landscapes and local colour, peppered with witty reflection on human failings and achievements, it is, in the end, about the journey of life itself. -
CainTwo decades after Portuguese novelist and Nobel Laureate Jose Saramago shocked the religious world with his novel "The Gospel According to Jesus Christ", he has done it again with "Cain", a satire of the Old Testament. Written in the last years of Saramago´s life, it tackles many of the moral and logical non sequiturs created by a wilful, authoritarian God, and forms part of Saramago´s long argument with religion. The stories in this book are witty and provocative. After Adam and Eve have been cast out of Eden, Eve decides to go back and ask the angel guarding the gate if he can give her some of the fruit that is going to waste inside. The angel agrees, and although Eve swears to Adam that she offered the angel nothing in return, their first child is suspiciously blond and fair-skinned. Cain, in his wandering, overhears a strange conversation between a man named Abraham and his son Isaac - and manages to prevent the father from murdering the son. The angel appointed by God to prevent the murder arrives late due to a wing malfunction. Cain brushes off his apology. 'What would have happened if I hadn´t been here?' Cain asks, 'and what kind of god would ask a father to sacrifice his own son?' Saramago died in June 2010, shortly after the controversial Portuguese publication of Cain but before he could participate in its publication in other countries. Harvill Secker´s edition of this remarkable book will be part of a tribute to Saramago´s life and work which includes the gradual reissue of his previous novels as Vintage Classics. -
BlindnessA driver waiting at the traffic lights goes blind. An opthamologist tries to diagnose his distinctive white blindness, but is affected before he can read the textbooks. It becomes a contagion, spreading throughout the city. Trying to stem the epidemic, the authorities herd the afflicted into a mental asylum where the wards are terrorized by blind thugs. And when fire destroys the asylum, the inmates burst forth and the last links with a supposedly civilized society are snapped. No food, no water, no government, no obligation, no order. This is not anarchy, this is blindness. -
The Year of the Death of RicarThe world´s threats are universal like the sun but Ricardo Reis takes shelter under his own shadow. Back in Lisbon after sixteen years practicing medicine in Brazil, Ricardo Reis wanders the rain-sodden streets. He longs for the unattainably aristocratic Marcenda, but it is Lydia, the hotel chamber maid who makes and shares his bed. His old friend, the poet Fernando Pessoa, returns to see him, still wearing the suit he was buried in six weeks earlier. It is 1936, the clouds of Fascism are gathering ominously above them, so they talk; a wonderful, rambling discourse on art, truth, poetry, philosophy, destiny and love. -
The Gospel According to Jesus ChristThis book is a retelling of the Gospel following the life of Christ from his conception to his crucifixion. A naive Jesus is the son not of God, but of Joseph. In the desert it is not Satan, but God that Christ tussles with, an autocrat with whom he has an unbalanced and unsettled relationship.
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Pai, Só Mais Cinco Minutos!A noção de tempo não é igual para pais e filhos, mas uma coisa é certa... cinco minutos podem fazer toda a diferença no dia a dia familiar!Um livro terno e divertido, da autora premiada Marta Altés, para todas as crianças incansáveis e para todos os pais que precisam de descansar.Um livro perfeito para ler às crianças na hora de irem dormir. -
O Leão Que Temos Cá DentroNão tens de ser grande nem valente para encontrares a tua voz. Nem sempre é fácil ser pequeno. Mas quando o Rato parte em viagem à procura do seu rugido, descobre que até a mais pequenina criatura pode ter um coração de leão. -
Truz-Truz"Truz Truz! Quem é?! É a menina pequenina que tem uma meia rota no pé?" Assim começa esta pequena grande adivinha, contada em verso e cheia de humor, que dá vida a um bairro e a todas as personagens fascinantes que podemos encontrar no nosso dia a dia. -
O Príncipe NaboSer princesa e poder escolher um príncipe deveria ser uma tarefa fácil. Mas para a Princesa Beatriz, a quem nada nem ninguém satisfaz, é um tremendo aborrecimento, e ainda aproveita para zombar dos pobres pretendentes. Cansado dos caprichos da Princesa, o Rei decide dar-lhe uma boa lição... A coleção Educação Literária reúne obras de leitura obrigatória e recomendada no Ensino Básico e Ensino Secundário e referenciadas no Plano Nacional de Leitura. -
O Coala Que Foi CapazO Kevin é um coala que gosta de manter tudo na mesma, exatamente na mesma. Mas quando um dia a mudança surge sem ser convidada, o Kevin descobre que a vida pode estar cheia de novidades e ser maravilhosa! Dos criadores de O Leão Que Temos Cá Dentro, esta é uma história bem engraçada para quem acha que a mudança é um bocadinho preocupante. -
O Bando das Cavernas 43 - MicroscópicosUma fórmula secreta, uma tentativa de escapar ao teste de ciências e um pormenor aparentemente sem importância como, por exemplo, não lavar as mãos antes de ir para a mesa, dão origem a uma batalha incrível no mundo microscópico. Segue os nossos amigos nesta aventura cheia de criaturas estranhas e muuuuitos pormenores até um mundo que pode ser minúsculo, mas onde as gargalhadas são gigantes. Já sabes como é: diverte-te a ler e… Junta-te ao Bando! -
PapáUma palavra, tantos significados. O orgulho que se sente, o medo de cometer erros, a gentileza que se ousa revelar, o amor que se demonstra a cada momento. Existem vários perfis de pais, mas todos eles esperam a mesma coisa... que os seus filhos sejam o mais felizes possível. -
E Se Fôssemos a Votos?"Os pais e os professores querem sempre ensinar-nos tudo e o mais que for, mas na verdade nunca há tempo para tudo.Por vezes, ficam para trás coisas tão importantes como aprender o que é uma eleição, para que serve votar e quantos tipos de eleições existem.Nesta história fazem-se muitas perguntas a um avô paciente, que recebe a visita inesperada da neta e de alguns colegas. Depois de descobrirem a importância deste instrumento e de como é fundamental para o bom funcionamento de uma sociedade democrática, decidem juntos replicar tudo aquilo que aprenderam na sua própria escola."
