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Pereira, a lonely widower and editor at a minor Lisbon newspaper, just wants a quiet life -- even as the shadow of Fascism lengthens over Portugal. But when he meets the young firebrand Monteiro Rossi, Pereira finds himself waking up to what is happening in his country. Unable to stay quiet any longer, he commits a defiant, glorious act of rebellion.
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Pereira Maintains, Antonio Tabucchi
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- Released
- 2021
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- Title
- Pereira Maintains
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Antonio Tabucchi
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
- Released
- 2021
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 160
- ISBN10
- 0241519306
- ISBN13
- 9780241519301
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Politics, France, Southern Europe, Italy, Adapted for Film, Italian Literature, Journalists, Portugal, Fascism, Dictatorship, Testimony, Lisbon, Year 1938, Rise of Fascism
- First published
- 1994
- Original title
- Sostiene Pereira
- Rating
- 4.2 out of 5
- Description
- Pereira, a lonely widower and editor at a minor Lisbon newspaper, just wants a quiet life -- even as the shadow of Fascism lengthens over Portugal. But when he meets the young firebrand Monteiro Rossi, Pereira finds himself waking up to what is happening in his country. Unable to stay quiet any longer, he commits a defiant, glorious act of rebellion.