Night Train to Lisbon
"Nocny pociąg do Lizbony "
Tyt. oryg. : "Nachtzug nach Lissabon ".
Autor: Mercier, Pascal
Night Train to Lisbon is an astonishing novel, a compelling exploration of consciousness, the possibility of truly understanding another person, and the ability of language to define our very selves. Raimund Gregorius is a Latin teacher at a Swiss college who one day—after a chance encounter with a mysterious Portuguese woman—abandons his old life to start a new one. He takes the night train to Lisbon and carries with him a book by Amadeu de Prado, a (fictional) Portuguese doctor and
essayist whose writings explore the ideas of loneliness, mortality, death, friendship, love, and loyalty. Gregorius becomes obsessed by what he reads and restlessly struggles to comprehend the life of the author. His investigations lead him all over the city of Lisbon, as he speaks to those who were entangled in Prado’s life. Gradually, the picture of an extraordinary man emerges—a doctor and poet who rebelled against Salazar’s dictatorship.
Zobacz pełny opis| Odpowiedzialność: | Pascal Mercier; translated from the German by Barbara Harshaw | ||||||
| Hasła: | Powieść szwajcarska - 21 w. | ||||||
| Adres wydawniczy: | London : Atlantic Books, 2008 | ||||||
| Opis fizyczny: | 436 s.; 18 cm | Uwagi: | Jęz. ang. | Skocz do: | Inne pozycje tego autora w zbiorach biblioteki | Dodaj recenzje, komentarz | |
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