{"product_id":"skylight-9780544570375","title":"Skylight","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The inklings of Saramago's style swell throughout . . . \u003ci\u003eSkylight\u003c\/i\u003e shines.\" --\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Unmistakably Saramago . . . There is no shortage of wonders to be found in [\u003ci\u003eSkylight\u003c\/i\u003e].\" -- \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A fascinating and startlingly mature work . . . The book is a gem.\" -- \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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--\u003ci\u003eSkylight\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The gifted young Saramago makes these characters click together in a way that's extremely sympathetic.\" -- NPR, \u003ci\u003eAll Things Considered\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"It was only a matter of time before a work of such extraordinary honesty and perception would make its way into the world.\" -- \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\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\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCosta, Margaret Jull:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eMARGARET JULL COSTA has established herself as the premier translator of Portuguese literature into English today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50412646727954,"sku":"9780544570375","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_233647ca-cf01-4276-9bf7-1115235636cf.jpg?v=1729320449","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/skylight-9780544570375","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}