Description
A wealthy Portuguese nobleman, Jacinto de Tormes, moves between two worlds—Paris, the “City” of brilliance, ambition, and restless modernity, and the quiet “Mountains” of rural Portugal—while his life is observed and interpreted by his closest friend, Zé Fernandes. Through their shifting experiences, the novel contrasts the glittering emptiness of upper-class society with the restorative pleasures of simplicity, nature, and inner growth. Eça de Queirós blends satire and philosophical reflection to explore how wealth, culture, and social performance shape (and sometimes hollow) the soul. Ultimately, the book becomes a searching meditation on what truly matters in life, written in the sharp, humane style that made de Queirós one of Portugal’s great novelists.
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Published Jan 1, 1955
228 pages
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Details
First Published
1901
Language
por
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The City and the Mountains by Eça de Queirós.