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Las Altas Montanas de Portugal
In Lisbon in 1904, a young man named Tomás discovers an old journal. It hints at the existence of an extraordinary artifact that--if he can find it--would redefine history. Traveling in one of Europe's earliest automobiles, he sets out in search of this strange treasure. Thirty-five years later, a Portuguese pathologist devoted to the murder mysteries of Agatha Christie finds himself at the center of a mystery of his own and drawn into the consequences of Tomás's quest. Fifty years on, a Canadian senator takes refuge in his ancestral village in northern Portugal, grieving the loss of his beloved wife. But he arrives with an unusual companion: a chimpanzee. And there the century-old quest will come to an unexpected conclusion.
Book Details
- Publisher: Malpaso Editorial
- Publish Date: Jul 1st, 2017
- Pages: 336
- Language: Spanish
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.30in - 5.70in - 0.80in - 1.15lb
- EAN: 9788416665297
- Categories: • Action & Adventure• Visionary & Metaphysical• Magical Realism
About the Author
Yann Martel is a Canadian author best known for the Man Booker Prize-winning novel, Life of Pi. He is also the author of Beatrice and Virgil and Self. He has won a number of literary prizes, including the 2001 Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and the 2002 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature.
Praise for this book
"Just as ambitious, just as clever, just as existential and spiritual [as Life of Pi] . . . a book that rewards your attention . . . an excellent book club choice."--San Francisco Chronicle, on the English-language edition
"There's no denying the simple pleasures to be had in The High Mountains of Portugal."--Chicago Tribune, on the English-language edition
"Charming . . . Most Martellian is the boundless capacity for parable. . . . Martel knows his strengths: passages about the chimpanzee and his owner brim irresistibly with affection and attentiveness."--The New Yorker, on the English-language edition