From the misty mountains of the north to the southern seascape of the Algarve the travels of Nobel Laureate Jose Saramago are a passionate rediscovery of his own land Setting off in his veteran motor car Saramago wants to travel to Portugal as well as through it by making it his destination the acclaimed writer hopes to take stock of his native land as it hovers on the edge of the modern world He is no typical guide
- he avoids the "sights" in favour of a remote Romanesque church a cobweb-ridden chapel the local & the domestic
- but with his deep fount of memory & erudite knowledge each encounter evoking the span of Portugal's history he is anyone's idea of a delightful travelling companion