Journey to Portugal: In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture

by Jose Saramago, Amanda Hopkinson, Nick Caistor

Release Date: 06 March, 2002

Edition: Paperback

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Journey to Portugal Review

I am reading this book and am laboring through it hoping it will get to something interesting or useful because I am planning on traveling through Portugal later this year. So far it has been very boring. I don't get a great insight of Portugal's history or culture. It is mostly a travelogue of his town by town personal encounter with little to relate. So far its been very disappointing and I feel like its a waste of time.

The translation misses

I am sure Saramago's tales are more lively than they come across in this book. Although I'm certain it was translated with care, the third-person narrative doesn't quite do it in English. I wish I had bought the Portuguese book and worked my way through, it is surely more lyrical and less clunky than this version.