The Lives of Things collects José Saramago's early experiments with the short story form, attesting to the young novelist's imaginative power and incomparable skill in elaborating the most extravagant fantasies. Combining bitter satire, outrageous parody and Kafkaesque hallucinations, these stories explore the horror and repression that paralyzed Portugal under the Salazar regime and pay tribute to human resilience in the face of injustice and institutionalized tyranny.
Beautifully written and deeply unsettling, The Lives of Things illuminates the development of Saramago's prose and records the genesis of themes that resound throughout his novels.
- ISBN10 1844678784
- ISBN13 9781844678785
- Publish Date 25 April 2012 (first published 1 January 2012)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 2 November 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Verso Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 160
- Language English