NP: Jose Saramago, RIP

[James Kyllo]

Enjoyed the 3 Saramagos I've read (particularly, actually, "All the
Names"), but - on the strength of only one book, "An Explanation of
the Birds" - agree with Rich to the extent that Antunes may be even
better.


J



On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 3:26 PM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> who knows, maybe its wuz the translations or my thick brain but I
> found his books awfully dull. fwiw, Antunes was a whole lot better
> imho and a lot more deserving of that big dick prize. if u wanna know
> about fascism (psychological political and familial)  in Portugal he's
> yr man
>
> check out Fado Alexandrino and Inquistor's Manual
>
> rich
> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> LilianaSegura    :( RT @PublishersWkly Author Jose Saramago has died, at age 87 http://nyti.ms/9ikoFJ
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