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The High Mountains of Portugal is a 2016 novel by Canadian author Yann Martel. [1] [2] [3] The novel is split into three sections, each of which concerns a widower. Plot. Part 1: Homeless. 1904. Tomás Lobo is a widower who lives in Alfama, Lisbon.
The High Mountains of Portugal. Yann Martel. 3.39. 19,601 ratings3,130 reviews. In Lisbon in 1904, a young man named Tomás discovers an old journal. It hints at the existence of an extraordinary artifact that—if he can find it—would redefine history. Traveling in one of Europe’s earliest automobiles, he sets out in search of this strange treasure.
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5 feb 2016 · By Yann Martel. Purchase. When Yann Martel gave us the international sensation Life of Pi in 2001, readers discovered a novelist-alchemist, capable of spinning gold out of improbable characters and...
Serra da Estrela (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɛʁɐ ðɐ ɨʃˈtɾelɐ]) is the highest mountain range in Continental Portugal. Together with the Serra da Lousã it is the westernmost constituent range of the Sistema Central and also one of the highest in the system.
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- 1,993 m (6,539 ft)
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The High Mountains of Portugal —part quest, part ghost story, part contemporary fable—offers a haunting exploration of great love and great loss. Filled with tenderness, humor, and endless surprise, it takes the reader on a road trip through Portugal in the last century—and through the human soul.
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12 feb 2016 · Spreading its action over the course of the 20th century, “The High Mountains of Portugal” probes the tender center of grief: Each of its three sections follows the fallout that results...
31 gen 2016 · He walks to open it. “I am another Maria from the High Mountains of Portugal ,” says the stranger. “I want you to do an autopsy on my husband.”. “Where is he?”. Maria open the case she ...
