The Notebook

by José Saramago

Book Overview

Thought-provoking and lyrical, "The Notebook" records the last year in the life of Jose Saramago. In these pages, beginning on the eve of the 2008 US presidential election, he evokes life in his... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844676145
• ISBN13: 9781844676149
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Verso
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

THE NOTEBOOK

I haven't finished the book thus it wouldn't be a good review. Of the part that I have read -- it is wonderful. What else could one expect from Saramago.

José Saramago: Ave atque Vale

One of the century's finest writers has died. José Saramago was an author who began writing late in life but in the time he wrote he managed to share with the world some very disturbing thoughts and yet at the same time make those disturbing thoughts into very beautiful literature. Few who have read BLINDNESS, ALL THE NAMES, SEEING, DEATH WITH INTERRUPTIONS, THE DOUBLE, to name but a few of his works, will ever forget the impact his writing had/has on us. This book THE NOTEBOOK takes on a different kind of strange journey - a remembrance of the time when reporting in the media meant communication of the world as it was happening. Not everyone will agree with all of his thoughts, but no one will deny they should not be addressed. Now, with our information fed in bits, chips, and pixels on such wildly diverse formats as Twitter, Facebook, TV talk shows and reality series we must face the fact that reportage of the quality found in these essays is a thing of the past. Unless...unless more people will read this book, remember Saramago, and start to think again. José Saramago will be much missed. Grady Harp, June 10

Absolutely Wonderful

Absolutely wonderful. Commentaries on world matters, George Bush, the economic crisis, religion, and much, much more by one of the greatest living writers. Erudite, literary, compassionate, provocative. Compare these with the commentary currently available...well, there is no comparison. If you love his novels, you will find the Notebook as compelling. If you have not read his novels perhaps The Notebook will serve as a good introduction. Then, I would suggest All the Names, whose themes resonate in some of these brief, but weighty observations.