The history of the siege of Lisbon, José Saramago ; translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero
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The history of the siege of Lisbon, José Saramago ; translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero
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eng
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fiction
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The history of the siege of Lisbon
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35792323
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José Saramago ; translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero
Summary
A proofreader in a publishing house changes a word in a manuscript to make a history book read that a 12th Century battle was strictly a Portuguese victory, rather than a joint victory with the Crusaders. Instead of being fired the proofreader is commissioned to develop the idea into a novel. A study in historical revisionism
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adult
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