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caio  ·  4592 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why Moby-Dick is the Greatest American Novel
I haven't read any Saramago yet, except for the short The Tale of the Unknown Island.

I try to read just one book at a time and I've been dedicating that slot to the quintology of books (currently on 3 of 5) on the brazilian dictatorship, which lasted 20 years, so there's a lot to read about.

    I figured you may have since it's written in Portuguese.

It's funny you should say that, because I recently began The Lusiads precisely because it's considered the greatest literary achievement in the portuguese language. It's a nice feeling to know I'm reading a book that's considered the Odyssey of your language. Makes me feel kinda proud.

I'm sure there are a lot of great writers from Norway to Iran or any other country I don't know about because their culture is so distant from mine. There must be millions of Saramagos or Melvilles or Machados de Assis around the world.