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The City and the Mountains

Fiction

José Maria de Eça de Queirós
translated by Margaret Jull Costa

Eça de Queirós's late novel is a hymn to country life: The City and The Mountains satirizes the emptiness of city life and of modernity itself. Wonderfully funny, it bubbles with joie de vivre.

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“A writer of genius.”

— Harold Bloom

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José Maria de Eça de Queirós

19th century Portuguese diplomat and writer

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Publication Date: September 1, 2008

Paperback $ 15.95
CN 18.00
256 pages
ISBN 9780811217019

trim size: 5x8

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