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Title:A Cidade e as Serras
Author:Eça de Queirós
Book Format:Paperback
Book Edition:Special Edition
Pages:Pages: 247 pages
Published:1992 by Verbo (first published 1901)
Categories:Classics. Fiction. European Literature. Portuguese Literature. Cultural. Portugal
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Biblioteca Ulisseia de Autores Portugueses #5 José Maria de Eça de Queiroz (Póvoa de Varzim, 25 de novembro de 1845 — Neuilly-sur-Seine, 16 de agosto de 1900), escritor e ensaísta, foi um dos nomes mais importantes da literatura portuguesa. De nome completo José Maria de Eça de Queirós nasceu a Novembro de 1845, numa casa na Praça do Almada, em Póvoa de Varzim. O seu pai, José Maria de Almeida de Teixeira de Queirós, nascido no Brasil e vindo para Portugal com um ano de idade, provinha de uma família de magistrados perseguidos pelos seus ideais liberais que defendiam uma doutrina constitucional. Eça foi internado no Colégio da Lapa, no Porto, de onde saiu em 1861, com dezasseis anos, para a Universidade de Coimbra, onde estudou Direito. Num ambiente boémio da cidade universitária de Coimbra estes jovens reuniam-se para trocar ideias, livros e formas para renovar a vida política e cultural portuguesa, que estava a viver uma autêntica revolução social com a introdução dos novos meios de transportes ferroviários que traziam, todos os dias, novidades do centro da Europa, influenciando esta geração para novas ideologias e valores. Foi nesse grupo que Eça conheceu os futuros escritores e poetas, Teófilo Braga, Ramalho Ortigão, Guerra Junqueiro, Guilherme de Azevedo, Oliveira Martins, entre outros; mas sobretudo, foi aí que travou amizade com Antero de Quental, um jovem carismático a quem os membros do grupo chamavam de líder e que incentivou os restantes a seguir e a difundir as então recentes correntes ideológicas e literárias europeias: o Positivismo, o Socialismo e o Realismo-Naturalismo. Notabilizou-se pela originalidade e riqueza do seu estilo e linguagem, nomeadamente pelo realismo descritivo e pela crítica social constantes nos seus romances mas, tal como o crítico literário, Jacinto Prado Coelho disse: "foi mais analista social do que psicólogo; ironizou Portugal porque muito o amava e o queria melhor."

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Original Title: A Cidade e as Serras
ISBN: 9725681266 (ISBN13: 9789725681268)
Edition Language: Portuguese
Characters: Jacinto, José Fernandes, Jacinto Galião, Cintinho, Grilo, Joaninha

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This novel is a masterpiece and the translation is outstanding. Its premise--the conflict between Nature and Civilization (today we would say "technology")--could have easily turned it into a schematic or dogmatic book. Instead, this is a captivating novel written in a sophisticated style. And for those fascinated with technology (but not necessarily enslaved by it), a very useful read.

No doubt my favorite José Maria de Eça de Queirós book. I am a big fan of all his books, but this autobiography is the best. Completely different in style and in content. Look for the english version in The City and the Mountains New Directions Paperbook

Born in Paris wealthy, brilliant Jacinto leaves for the countryside of Portugal with his compatriot, the narrator of this lovely book an exploration of the virtues of country versus city life. "man's moral freedom ended in the City: each morning it imposed on him a new need, and each new need impelled him further into dependency: poor and subaltern, he found his life had become a round of begging, flattering, cringeing, fawning and making do; when it came to a wealthy, superior man like

Spoiled Jacinto, grandson of an expatriate, his Portuguese grandfather with the same name, but nicknamed Sir Galleon, he was rather obese, left Portugal dispirited, when his King Dom Miguel the usurper, lost the civil war during the 1800's for the throne. So Jacinto was born in Paris in a palace, on the Champs-Elysees, no. 202, that his wealthy grandfather had bought, his own sickly father "The Shadow", died (I don't have to say what his name was, begins with the letter J ) three months before

I liked all the weird 19th century gadgets in the first part

As usual a great book from Eça! It brings me back to old memories and makes me smile while reading...

I'm surprised there aren't more reviews for this book. It is absolutely fantastic. Charming is a word to describe it. It had many funny moments, such as a mishap with a dumb waiter and the loss of luggage on the train to Portugal. Both Paris and Tormes are like characters in the book. The first part describes life in Paris and the city and the second part describes Tormes and the country. Jacinto, the main character, may be a bit flamboyant for some, but I found him hysterical, and Fernandes,

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