In Lisbon in 1904, a young man named Tomas discovers an old journal. It hints at the existence of an extraordinary artifact that if he can find it would redefine history. Traveling in one of Europe s earliest automobiles, he sets out in search of this strange treasure. Thirty-five years later, a Portuguese pathologist devoted to the murder mysteries of Agatha Christie finds himself at the center of a mystery of his own and drawn into the consequences of Tomas's quest. Fifty years on, a Canadian senator takes refuge in his ancestral village in northern Portugal, grieving the loss of his beloved wife. But he arrives with an unusual companion: a chimpanzee. And there the century-old quest will come to an unexpected conclusion. "The High Mountains of Portugal" part quest, part ghost story, part contemporary fable offers a haunting exploration of great love and great loss. Filled with tenderness, humor, and endless surprise, it takes the reader on a road trip through Portugal in the last century and through the human soul."
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Yann Martel
Yann Martel nasceu em Espanha, em 1963, filho de pais canadenses. Estudou Filosofia na Universidade de Trent, no Canadá, viajou muito e teve diversos empregos antes de se tornar escritor. A Vida de Pi, publicado em mais de 40 países, valeu-lhe o Man Booker Prize de 2002, entre outros prémios, e figurou como bestseller do New York Times durante mais de um ano. A Presença publicou na colecção «Grandes Narrativas» o seu novo romance Beatriz e Virgílio. Yann Martel vive em Saskatchewan, Canadá.
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