“A multigenerational family saga that paints a
sweeping portrait of twentieth-century Portugal First published in 1980, the
City of Lisbon Prize-winning "Raised from the Ground" follows the
changing fortunes of the Mau Tempo family--poor landless peasants not unlike
Saramago's own grandparents. Set in Alentejo, a southern province of Portugal
known for its vast agricultural estates, the novel charts the lives of the Mau
Tempos as national and international events rumble on in the background--the
coming of the republic in Portugual, the two World Wars, and an attempt on the
dictator Salazar's life. Yet nothing really impinges on the grim reality of the
farm laborers' lives until the first communist stirrings. Finally available in
English, "Raised from the Ground" is Saramago's most deeply personal
novel, the book in which he found the signature style and voice that
distinguishes all of his brilliant work. "
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