Skylight

Marc Notes: A portrait of ordinary people, Skylight tells the intertwined stories of the residents of a faded apartment building in 1940s Lisbon--; Provided by publisher. Publisher Marketing: Silvestre and Mariana, a happily married elderly couple, take in a young nomad, Abel, and soon discover their many differences. Adriana loves Beethoven more than any man, but her budding sexuality brings new feelings to the surface. Carmen left Galicia to marry humble Emilio, but hates Lisbon and longs for her first love, Manolo. Lidia used to work the streets, but now she's kept by Paulo, a wealthy man with a wandering eye. Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 07/01/2014 pg. 54 (EAN 9780544090026, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2014 (EAN 9780544090026, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 10/06/2014 (EAN 9780544090026, Hardcover) Library Journal 10/15/2014 pg. 82 (EAN 9780544090026, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Booklist 12/01/2014 pg. 23 (EAN 9780544090026, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Shelf Awareness 01/02/2015 (EAN 9780544090026, Hardcover) New York Times Book Review 01/18/2015 pg. 12 (EAN 9780544090026, Hardcover) New York Times Book Review 01/25/2015 pg. 22 (EAN 9780544090026, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Saramago, Jose JOSE SARAMAGO (1922-2010) was the author of many novels, among them Blindness, All the Names, Baltasar and Blimunda, and The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis. In 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.