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"Born in Paris, Jacinto - the hero of The City and the Mountains - is the heir to a vast estate in the Alentejo in Portugal, which he has never visited. Jacinto lives in a beautiful mansion crammed with books and the latest gadgets.
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Warm, classical in form, cool and resolved.
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- resolvedopen-ended
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Eça de Queiroz
- First published
- 1975
- Pages
- 237
- Publisher
- Livros do brasil, Livraria Chardron, Livraria Lello & Irma o
- Editions
- 55
- Language
- Spanish, English, Portuguese
- ISBN
- 9783752492491
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“O meu amigo Jacinto nasceu num palácio, com cento e nove contos de renda em terras de semeadura, de vinhedo, de cortiça e de olival.”
José Maria de Eça de Queiroz is generally considered to have been the greatest Portuguese writer in the realist style. Zola considered him to be far greater than Flaubert. ---------- José Maria de Eça de Queiroz foi um escritor e diplomata português. É considerado um dos mais importantes escritores portugueses de sempre. Foi autor de romances de reconhecida importância, como O Crime do Padre Amaro e Os Maias, considerado por muitos o melhor romance realista português do século XIX.
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