{"product_id":"9780156005203-baltasar-and-blimunda","title":"Saramago Jose - Baltasar And Blimunda - Paperback","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: From Jos Saramago Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature Baltasar and Blimunda is a brilliant. enchanting novel (The New York Times Book Review) of romance deceit religion and magic set in eighteenth - century Portugal at the height of the Inquisition. Portugal 1711: an amorous friar is pursued naked through the rubble - strewn streets of Lisbon; an enthusiastic procession of flagellants roars with pleasure over the damnation of adultery; a royal prince uses hapless sailors for target practice; and women dressed in colorful finery watch as lapsed converts and sorcerers are put to death by flames. In the midst of the terrors of the Inquisition and the plague a seemingly mismatched couple discover the wonders of love. This poetic tale graced with exquisite historical details and full of magic and adventure is a tapestry of human folly and human will.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: Baltasar And Blimunda\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Saramago Jose\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Cengage Learning Emea\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9780156005203\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 343 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 10\/16\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Modern \u0026amp; Contemporary Fiction","brand":"Saramago Jose","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49591723262257,"sku":"IN-G-9780156005203","price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9780156005203.jpg?v=1754872780","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9780156005203-baltasar-and-blimunda","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}