Saramago books sold out in Beijing / Livros de Saramago esgotados em Pequim

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Saramago sells in Beijing for two euros. Who wouldn't buy a bargain?... Strangely enough the front page of the newspaper warns "Drug abuse is rampant"... Is it a coincidence?...

The City and the Mountains (A Cidade e as Serras) gets a fresh translation from Margaret J. Costa

You can always check here more from Eça de Queirós published by Dedalus and translated by Margaret Jull Costa. Is there any review of this edition?

Interview with Maria Helena da Rocha Pereira (1 March 2006)

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Interview with Maria Helena da Rocha Pereira, the decane of Classical Studies in Portugal. Renown "author of translations", she dislikes this trade and considers it a burden, a consequence of her field of research. One of the first translation exercises of this poliglot was the translation into Portuguese of Greek classics for a students' scenic group at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Her work comprises more than 300 titles, such as translations, papers, books, and encyclopedia articles. Yet, her passion are Greek vases.

Fernando Pessoa gets another translation in China