Description
In Lisbon in 1904, a young man named Tomás uncovers an old journal that points to an extraordinary artifact—one that could reshape what people believe about the past. Driven by curiosity and propelled across Portugal in one of Europe’s earliest automobiles, he begins a quest that ripples forward through time. Decades later, a Portuguese pathologist known for his fascination with classic murder mysteries finds himself entangled in the real-world consequences of Tomás’s search, while, fifty years after that, a grieving Canadian senator arrives in his ancestral village with an unlikely companion: a chimpanzee. Spanning generations, the novel blends adventure, mystery, and historical intrigue to explore how stories outlive their tellers, how truth is pursued across shifting eras, and how the past refuses to stay buried.
Available Editions
paperback
Spiegel & Grau
Published Jan 1, 2016
332 pages
ISBN: 9780812987034
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Details
First Published
2016
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel.