On election day in the capital, it is raining so hard that no one has bothered to come out to vote. ... more

Nobel Prize-winner Jose Saramago’s brilliant novel poses the question--what happens when the grim reaper decides there...... more

Senhor Jos is a low-grade clerk in the city s Central Registry, where the living and the dead share ... more

The inspiration for the major motion picture Enemy starring Jake Gyllenhaal and directed by Denis ... more

"Essential...A novel that resounds with relevance for our own time." --New York Times Book Review Fi... more

Saramago juxtaposes an eminently readable narrative of work and poverty, class and desire, knowledge... more

"Small Memories is a . . . nourishing last gift from a great writer."--Washington Post Shifting back... more

A delightful, witty tale of friendship and adventure from prize-winning novelist José Saramago In 15... more

In sixteenth-century Spain, a cabin boy is bound for the New World. An inland expedition ends in dis... more

An unassuming family struggles to keep up with the ruthless pace of progress in a genuinely brillia... more

Readers with a particular interest in modernism will find this work indispensable. --Publishers Week... more

Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering IX contains 204 technical and scientific papers presen... more

This is the first volume of a new English-language edition of the monumental compendium by Manoel Jose da Costa...... more

The present book includes a set of selected papers from the third "International Conference on Infor... more

Lisbon, late 1940s. The inhabitants of a faded apartment building are struggling to make ends meet: ... more