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A Cidade e as Serras

Eça de Queirós

Paperback | Pages: 247 pages

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Original Title:	A Cidade e as Serras
ISBN:	9725681266 (ISBN13: 9789725681268)
Edition Language:	Portuguese
Characters:	Jacinto, José Fernandes, Jacinto Galião, Cintinho, Grilo, Joaninha

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José Maria de Eça de Queiroz (Póvoa de Varzim, 25 de novembro de 1845 — Neuilly-sur-Seine, 16 de agosto de 1900), escritor e ensaísta, foi um dos nomes mais importantes da literatura portuguesa. De nome completo José Maria de Eça de Queirós nasceu a Novembro de 1845, numa casa na Praça do Almada, em Póvoa de Varzim. O seu pai, José Maria de Almeida de Teixeira de Queirós, nascido no Brasil e vindo para Portugal com um ano de idade, provinha de uma família de magistrados perseguidos pelos seus ideais liberais que defendiam uma doutrina constitucional. Eça foi internado no Colégio da Lapa, no Porto, de onde saiu em 1861, com dezasseis anos, para a Universidade de Coimbra, onde estudou Direito. Num ambiente boémio da cidade universitária de Coimbra estes jovens reuniam-se para trocar ideias, livros e formas para renovar a vida política e cultural portuguesa, que estava a viver uma autêntica revolução social com a introdução dos novos meios de transportes ferroviários que traziam, todos os dias, novidades do centro da Europa, influenciando esta geração para novas ideologias e valores. Foi nesse grupo que Eça conheceu os futuros escritores e poetas, Teófilo Braga, Ramalho Ortigão, Guerra Junqueiro, Guilherme de Azevedo, Oliveira Martins, entre outros; mas sobretudo, foi aí que travou amizade com Antero de Quental, um jovem carismático a quem os membros do grupo chamavam de líder e que incentivou os restantes a seguir e a difundir as então recentes correntes ideológicas e literárias europeias: o Positivismo, o Socialismo e o Realismo-Naturalismo. Notabilizou-se pela originalidade e riqueza do seu estilo e linguagem, nomeadamente pelo realismo descritivo e pela crítica social constantes nos seus romances mas, tal como o crítico literário, Jacinto Prado Coelho disse: "foi mais analista social do que psicólogo; ironizou Portugal porque muito o amava e o queria melhor."

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Title	:	A Cidade e as Serras
Author	:	Eça de Queirós
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 247 pages
Published	:	1992 by Verbo (first published 1901)
Categories	:	Classics. Fiction. European Literature. Portuguese Literature. Cultural. Portugal

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Ratings: 3.74 From 5161 Users | 161 Reviews

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It was thanks to Henry's excellent review on this book that I recently purchased it. It was the "Library with the 30,000 books" and all of "the gadgets" that Jacinto had, that enticed me.I was so taken with this book that I made notes galore and started typing the review. There were so many excellent quotations that stayed in my mind. Consequently, after typing several pages as I was "in full flight", I decided to cut it down considerably and so this is the result. I believe, and hope, it gets

3.5 starsI really liked this! The ending was cute.

I read most of Eça's books when I was young, between 17 and the end of University (around 23, 24).I love Eça because his Portuguese is wonderfully written, he has a unique sense of humor and the picture he draws of Portuguese and European society, with all its cynicism and "show off" and pretense is still quite present in certain extracts of society...This particular book compares refined Paris with coming back to the family House and Farm in interior Portugal - trading the sophistication of

Delightful story focused on the theme of countryside (Portugal's)/city (Paris).

The narrator Zé Fernandes intends to demonstrate to the reader the thesis according to which life in the field is superior to urban life. To prove it relates to the trajectory of her friend, Jacinto. Heir of great fortune obtained through the farm of agricultural properties of Portugal, Jacinto was born in Paris and loved the city. According to him, the French capital was the perfect example of civilization, the only space in which the human being could be fully happy. He even created a formula,

What an enjoyable and fun read! This novel, as the title bears, makes a comparison to living in the big city with the rural life in the hills of Portugal. It starts off with a bias. The main character refers to Paris as, ah civilization! and when speaking of Portugal, oh the horror! (Guiães). Yep, a tale of two contrasts.Our main character is Prince Jacintho, an eccentric rich man who lives at No. 202, Champs-Elysee. Upper crust, in the know, who knows everyone. A man of people in high places.

Let me begin by saying that I read this book in the original Portuguese version and I pity the translators since the kind of writing seems a bit complex (it is not a Saramago though). I actually bought The City and the Mountains (in the original A Cidade e as Serras) on the country house that inspired this book. I quite recommend the visit if you are exploring the Douro Region of Portugal. I believe there are hourly guided tours and you can meet a living relative of Eça de Queirós (granddaughter