An Unexpected Light

by José Saramago

Nobel Prize winner Jos Saramago tells a quiet and poetic story, an excerpt from his book Small Memories, of a lasting childhood experience of simple, soulful joy.

The narrator's memories of a lost childhood paradise focus on two glorious days when he helped his uncle take some piglets to the market in Santar m. They traverse dusty roads, sleep in a barn and awake to a miraculous moonglow, and hear the animals in their "infinite...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1644213400
• ISBN13: 9781644213407
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Triangle Square
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.4" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 5 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 4