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The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis

José Saramago

Form
Form Novel
Year
Year 1984
Originally in
Originally in Portuguese
Pages
Pages 380

A doctor-poet sails home to Lisbon in the year his creator dies, drifts through the rainy city with two women and the dead man's ghost, and follows him out of the world.

We are the dreams of a god who chose not to believe in us.
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis, José Saramago

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