Manual of Painting and Calligraphy

Manual of Painting and Calligraphy

by Josè Saramago
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Publisher:
Vintage Classic
Language: en
Published:May 14, 2018
ISBN13:9781784872915
ISBN10:1784872911

About the Book

H. is a struggling artist with a commission to paint a portrait of a well-known industrialist. Whilst the industrialist sits for the portrait, H. begins an affair with his subject's secretary. Meanwhile the painting starts to fail. For inspiration H. takes a trip to Italy to contemplate the works of the great artists, but when his friend back home is arrested by the secret police of Salazar's regime, H. is pulled back to Portugal. Art, sexuality and politics collide in Saramago's first novel.