The History of the Siege of Lisbon

by José de Sousa Saramago

Blurb

The History of the Siege of Lisbon is a novel by Portuguese author José Saramago, first published in 1989.
It tells the story of a proofreader and the story of the Siege of Lisbon as it both is and is not told in the book he is charged with correcting. It discusses many themes including language, history and historiography, and war in the medieval world.

First Published

1989

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