City and the Mountains

Informationen zum Autor One of the leading intellectuals of the "Generation of 1870," José Maria de Eça de Queirós (1845-1900) wrote twenty books, founded literary reviews, and for most of his life also worked as a diplomat, in Havana, London, and Paris. Klappentext Born in Paris, Jacinto is the heir to a vast estate in Portugal which he has never visited. He mixes with the crème de la crème of Paris society, but is monumentally bored. And then he receives a letter from his estate manager saying that they plan to move the bones of his ancestors to the newly renovated chapel-would he like to be there? With great trepidation, Jacinto sets off with his best friend, the narrator, on the mammoth train journey through France and Spain to Portugal. What they discover in the simple country life will upend their own lives deliciously.... Newly translated by the acclaimed translator Margaret Jull Costa, New Directions is proud to publish The City and The Mountains, and to once again bring Eça de Queirós' brilliant prose to life.

Product details

• Authors: Margaret Costa, Jose Maria De Eca De Queiros, José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Eca De Queiros, Jose Maria De Eca De Queiros, Jacinto Eca De Queiros, Jacinto Costa Eca De Queiros
• Assisted by: Margaret Jull Costa (Translation)
• Publisher: New Directions
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.12.2012
• EAN: 9780811217019
• ISBN: 978-0-8112-1701-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: New Directions Books; New Directions Books
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature