The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis

The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis is a novel by Portuguese novelist Jose Saramago, the winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in literature. It tells the story of the final year in the life of the title character, one of the many heteronyms used by the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa. In the novel, Ricardo Reis returns to his native Lisbon from Brazil, upon receiving word of the poet's death. While there, he chooses not to resume his practice of medicine, but rather takes up residence in a hotel where he wastes his days reading newspapers and wandering the streets of Lisbon.

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1998 - Nobel Prize in literature

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