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With beautifully crafted language and imagery (conveyed here in Costa's translation), the late Nobel Prize winner Saramago (1922–2010) writes of his formative years in Lisbon and offers a bittersweet tribute to Azinhaga, the small Portuguese town where he was born and spent summers with his grandparents. Saramago's village grew upon an ancient Roman path—the author discovered its pavestones while driving pigs to market. Hot and dusty in sum...Log In or Sign Up to Read More