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As the Inquisition rages, an extraordinary trinity struggle to realise a creation that will fly in the face of the monstrous vanity of Church and State. In early 18th-century Lisbon, Baltasar, a soldier who has lost his left hand in battle, falls in love with Blimunda, a young girl with visionary powers. From the day that he follows her home from the auto-da-fe where his mother is burned at the stake, the two are bound body and soul by a love of unassailable strength. A third party shares their supper that evening: Padre Bartolomeu Lourenco, whose fantasy is to invent a flying machine. As the Crown and the Church clash, they pursue his impossible, not to mention heretical, dream of flight.
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Baltasar & Blimunda, José Saramango
- Langue
- Année de publication
- 1998
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- Abîmé
- Prix
- 2,89 €
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- Titre
- Baltasar & Blimunda
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- José Saramango
- Éditeur
- Harvill Press
- Publié
- 1998
- Format
- souple
- ISBN10
- 1860462642
- ISBN13
- 9781860462641
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Romans historiques, Classiques, Réalisme magique, XVIIIe siècle, Prix Nobel, Portugal, Littérature portugaise
- Première publication
- 1984
- Titre original
- Memorial do Convento
- Évaluation
- 4 sur 5
- Description
- As the Inquisition rages, an extraordinary trinity struggle to realise a creation that will fly in the face of the monstrous vanity of Church and State. In early 18th-century Lisbon, Baltasar, a soldier who has lost his left hand in battle, falls in love with Blimunda, a young girl with visionary powers. From the day that he follows her home from the auto-da-fe where his mother is burned at the stake, the two are bound body and soul by a love of unassailable strength. A third party shares their supper that evening: Padre Bartolomeu Lourenco, whose fantasy is to invent a flying machine. As the Crown and the Church clash, they pursue his impossible, not to mention heretical, dream of flight.