by José Saramago · Círculo de Lectores · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788422639763
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«Memorial del convento» is the historical novel by José Saramago, published by Círculo de Lectores in paperback (331 pages, in Spanish).
Set in 18th-century Portugal, it narrates the construction of the Convent of Mafra and the love story between Baltasar Mateus and Blimunda. José Saramago combines criticism of the opulence of the Church and the monarchy with a reflection on the human condition and the power of love.
Novel originally published in 1982; the 1992 Spanish edition includes an illustrated dust jacket.
For readers of historical fiction and literary fiction interested in 18th-century Portugal and the narrative work of José Saramago.
José de Sousa Saramago was a Portuguese writer. He was the recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony [with which he] continually enables us once again to apprehend an elusory reality." His works, some of which can be seen as allegories, commonly present subversive perspectives on historic events, emphasizing the theopoetic human factor. In 2003 Harold Bloom described Saramago as "the most gifted novelist alive in the world today" and in 2010 said he considers Saramago to be "a permanent part of the Western canon", while James Wood praises "the distinctive tone to his fiction because he narrates his novels as if he were someone both wise and ignorant."
