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Lisbon 1904: a young man named Tomás discovers an old journal that hints at the existence of an extraordinary artifact that (if found) would redefine history . . .
Beautiful, witty and engaging, The High Mountains of Portugal (part quest, part ghost story, part contemporary fable) is filled with tenderness, humor, and endless surprise, taking the reader on a road trip through Portugal in the last century, and through the human soul.
“Martel’s storytelling is fabulous, both literally (he blurs real worlds and dream worlds, human lives and lives of other animals) and figuratively. He lights up the page.” -- NPR