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Against a backdrop of rural Portuguese poverty, a handful of magical characters are living out their destiny- Jose, a shepherd, who is visited by a devil whispering violent words in his ear; Moises and Elias, Siamese twins joined at the tip of their little fingers; Gabriel, a wise man, who is over one hundred years old; and an unnamed character who sits writing alone in a windowless room. The characters are universal, and they are all at the mercy of fate - their lives are pulled in different directions and sometimes even suffocated and snuffed out ...
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Blank gaze, Richard Zenith, José Luís Peixoto
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- Released
- 2008
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- Title
- Blank gaze
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Richard Zenith, José Luís Peixoto
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 248
- ISBN10
- 0747592721
- ISBN13
- 9780747592723
- Series
- First published
- 2000
- Original title
- Nenhum Olhar
- Rating
- 3.2 out of 5
- Description
- Against a backdrop of rural Portuguese poverty, a handful of magical characters are living out their destiny- Jose, a shepherd, who is visited by a devil whispering violent words in his ear; Moises and Elias, Siamese twins joined at the tip of their little fingers; Gabriel, a wise man, who is over one hundred years old; and an unnamed character who sits writing alone in a windowless room. The characters are universal, and they are all at the mercy of fate - their lives are pulled in different directions and sometimes even suffocated and snuffed out ...