The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis

Translated by Giovanni Pontiero. Blue paper boards with black cloth spine and blue lettering. Slight tanning to edges of text block. Some off-setting from news paper clipping to half-title. Dust jacket has one closed tear to head of upper panel and very slight rubbing to spine. *** Near fine copy of first US edition with ‘ABCDE’ to copyright page. Saramago’s second book to be translated into English: an homage to the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa and a thoughtful and poetic exploration of the city of Lisbon.