SYNOPSIS
“A fire-colored bird passes by. The bell is silent. And I shake my hands wet from time, bringing them to my eyes my hands of today, with which I hold the life and truth of this hour.”
This world and the other is the title of one of José Saramago’s books, written at a time when the author was apparently “only” a journalist.
“A man who lived outside the city wall. And the city was himself.”
Composed of 221 chronicles written and published, for the first time, in the newspaper A Capital between 1968 and 1969.
“People’s history is made of tears, some smiles, a few small joys and a great final pain.”
The conciseness and world that each of the stories contains reveals the writer’s genius right away. Its profound simplicity. Your huge inspiration.
“Life is short, but there is much more to it than we are capable of living.”
On November 16, 1922 José Saramago was born, 100 years later we have a greater heritage, his words, his world, his vision made thought, feeling, emotion.
Olga Roriz
Excerpts from the book “This world and the other” by José Saramago
September 21