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Cidade e as serrasEça de Queiroz

Cidade e as serras

Eça de Queiroz
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21 editions · 4 languages
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"Born in Paris, Jacinto - the hero of The City and the Mountains - is the heir to a vast estate in the Alentejo in Portugal, which he has never visited. Jacinto lives in a beautiful mansion crammed with books and the latest gadgets. He mixes with the creme de la creme of Paris society, but is monumentally bored. One by one, his gadgets let him down. And then he receives a letter from the estate manager in Portugal: the bones of his ancestors are to be moved to the new chapel - would he like to be there? With great trepidation, Jacinto sets off with his best friend, the narrator, on a mammoth…

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21 editions · 4 languages
  • Paperback · English · 1998
    A Cidade E as Serras
    Koch, Neff & Oetinger & Co · 9789721030794
  • Other · English · 2015
    CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 156 pages · 9781508832959
  • Other · English · 2012
    City and the Mountains
    Dedalus Books Limited · 9781907650925
  • Other · English · 2008
    The city and the mountains
    New Directions · 282 pages · 9780811217019
  • Other · English · 2008
    The city and the mountains
    Dedalus · 237 pages · 9781903517710
  • Other · English · 1999
    City and the Mountains
    Penguin Publishing Group · 9780140446937
FictionFiction, generalPortugal, fictionFiction, humorous, generalParis (france), fictionFiction, men's adventureCountry lifeCity and town life