He traces the origin of his narrative style to the 1980 novel Risen from the Ground.
His surname would have been de Sousa, but a Registrar decided to christen him with the nickname of his father's family, a plant which serves as food for the poor in times of need. He traces the origin of his narrative style to the 1980 novel Risen from the Ground. Other works include "Blindness" and "A Year in the Life of Ricardo Reyes." The author of The Gospel According to Jesus Christ, for ten points, this winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for Literature is this magical realist hailing from Portugal.
His surname would have been de Sousa, but a Registrar decided to christen him with the nickname of his father's family, a plant which serves as food for the poor in times of need.
José {Saramago}