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Journey to Portugal: A Pursuit of Portugal`s History and Culture

From the misty mountains of the north to the southern seascape of the Algarve, the travels of Nobel Laureate Josรฉ Saramago are a passionate rediscovery of his own land. Embarking in the autumn of 1979, Saramago resolves to travel to Portugal, as well as through it. As his country emerges from an authoritarian dictatorship, he traverses his beloved homeland, neglecting its grand `sights` in favour of Romanesque churches and cobweb-ridden chapels, determined to find belonging in the landscape which went on to inform his greatest works of fiction.

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