{"product_id":"book-baltasar-and-blimunda","title":"Book - Baltasar and Blimunda","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom José Saramago, Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e Baltasar and Blimunda\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e is a “brilliant...enchanting novel” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e of romance, deceit, religion, and magic set in eighteenth-century Portugal at the height of the Inquisition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePortugal, 1711: an amorous friar is pursued naked through the rubble-strewn streets of Lisbon; an enthusiastic procession of flagellants roars with pleasure over the damnation of adultery; a royal prince uses hapless sailors for target practice; and women dressed in colorful finery watch as lapsed converts and sorcerers are put to death by flames. In the midst of the terrors of the Inquisition and the plague, a seemingly mismatched couple discover the wonders of love. This poetic tale, graced with exquisite historical details and full of magic and adventure, is a tapestry of human folly and human will.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48444063580383,"sku":null,"price":23.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1251\/1761\/files\/FullSizeRender_70b42a5e-c138-4a95-9258-9ba68c24f2b2.jpg?v=1770826872","url":"https:\/\/saudadetoronto.com\/products\/book-baltasar-and-blimunda","provider":"SAUDADE TORONTO","version":"1.0","type":"link"}