by Eça de Queirós · Publicações Europa-América · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 5601072407190
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«A Cidade e as Serras» is the novel by Eça de Queirós, published by Publicações Europa-América in paperback (208 pages, in Portuguese).
Jacinto, a wealthy young man settled in Paris, ends up moving to the family home in rural Portugal. There he discovers a simpler existence, in contact with nature. The work contrasts urban progress with rural traditions and reflects on happiness and the meaning of life.
Originally published in 1901, it belongs to the «livros da bolso» collection from Publicações Europa-América and carries the series mention «Grandes Obras».
José Maria de Eça de Queiroz or Queirós is generally considered to have been the greatest Portuguese writer in the realist style. Zola considered him to be far greater than Flaubert. In the London Observer, Jonathan Keates ranked him alongside Dickens, Balzac and Tolstoy.
