The characters of baltasar and blimunda are wonderfully filled in and their interaction with the wayward priest bartolomeu and the flying machine captivated me and made the book for me. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading baltasar and blimunda. It is an 18thcentury love story intertwined with the construction of the convent of mafra, now one of portugals chief tourist attractions, as a background. Also a mustsee, for a complete script of the books action, are the throne room, the hunting room, the music room or the royal rooms.
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Blimunda is a beautiful young woman who can look at a person and learn all about the person. Baltasar and blimunda is a novel by the nobel prizewinning portuguese author jose. Baltasar and blimunda is a love story so it is a good book for valentines day. Baltasar and blimunda is my first book by jose saramago.
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