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 l&. 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 Portugals history he is anyones idea of a delightful travelling companion."