{"product_id":"baltasar-and-blimunda-9780156005203","title":"Baltasar and Blimunda","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFrom José Saramago, Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, \u003cem\u003e Baltasar and Blimunda\u003c\/em\u003e is a \"brilliant...enchanting novel\" (\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review)\u003c\/em\u003e of romance, deceit, religion, and magic set in eighteenth-century Portugal at the height of the Inquisition. \u003c\/strong\u003ePortugal, 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaramago, José:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJOSÉ SARAMAGO (1922-2010) was the author of many novels, among them \u003ci\u003eBlindness, All the Names, Baltasar and Blimunda, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis.\u003c\/i\u003e In 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50704794648850,"sku":"9780156005203","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_955e979e-9bc0-4214-a4a4-b92ccb13e549.jpg?v=1734479547","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/baltasar-and-blimunda-9780156005203","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}