José Saramago Manual of Painting and Calligraphy-书画手册

作者：José Saramago

书名：Manual of Painting and Calligraphy《书画手册》

简介：By the author of Baltasar and Blimunda. The last years of Salazar's dictatorship provide a backdrop for this novel. The story is told by H, a second-rate artist commissioned by a wealthy client to paint a family portrait. As he works, he reflects on his struggles to survive in a bourgeois world.