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The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis

(1984)
A novel by

 
 
Lisbon. 1936. Ricardo Reis is a doctor, returning to his native Portugal from Brazil after 16 years away. But what kind of doctor is he? His companions include: the ghost of the poet Pessoa

a girl with a paralysed hand

and the hotel chambermaid, who slips into his bed at night.


Genre: Literary Fiction

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