Skylight

Fiction & Literature
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Author: José Saramago, Margaret Jull Costa ISBN: 9780544084988
Publisher: HMH Books Publication: December 2, 2014
Imprint: Mariner Books Language: English
Author: José Saramago, Margaret Jull Costa
ISBN: 9780544084988
Publisher: HMH Books
Publication: December 2, 2014
Imprint: Mariner Books
Language: English

**“The inklings of Saramago’s style swell throughout . . . Skylight shines.” — New York Times

“Unmistakably Saramago . . . There is no shortage of wonders to be found in [Skylight].” — Washington Post

“A fascinating and startlingly mature work . . . The book is a gem.” — Boston Globe**

Lisbon, late 1940s. The inhabitants of a faded apartment building are struggling to make ends meet: Silvio the cobbler and his wife take in a disaffected young lodger; Dona Lídia, a retired prostitute, is kept by a businessman with a roving eye. Humble salesman Emilio’s Spanish wife is in a permanent rage; beautiful Claudinha’s boss lusts for her; Justina and her womanizer husband live at war with each other. Happy marriages, abusive relationships, jealousy, gossip, love—Skylight is a portrait of ordinary people painted by the master of the quotidian, a great observer of the immense beauty and profound hardship of the modern world.

**“The gifted young Saramago makes these characters click together in a way that's extremely sympathetic.” — NPR, All Things Considered

“It was only a matter of time before a work of such extraordinary honesty and perception would make its way into the world.” — San Francisco Chronicle**

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**“The inklings of Saramago’s style swell throughout . . . Skylight shines.” — New York Times

“Unmistakably Saramago . . . There is no shortage of wonders to be found in [Skylight].” — Washington Post

“A fascinating and startlingly mature work . . . The book is a gem.” — Boston Globe**

Lisbon, late 1940s. The inhabitants of a faded apartment building are struggling to make ends meet: Silvio the cobbler and his wife take in a disaffected young lodger; Dona Lídia, a retired prostitute, is kept by a businessman with a roving eye. Humble salesman Emilio’s Spanish wife is in a permanent rage; beautiful Claudinha’s boss lusts for her; Justina and her womanizer husband live at war with each other. Happy marriages, abusive relationships, jealousy, gossip, love—Skylight is a portrait of ordinary people painted by the master of the quotidian, a great observer of the immense beauty and profound hardship of the modern world.

**“The gifted young Saramago makes these characters click together in a way that's extremely sympathetic.” — NPR, All Things Considered

“It was only a matter of time before a work of such extraordinary honesty and perception would make its way into the world.” — San Francisco Chronicle**

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