Traveler in an Antique Land From: The Washington Post | Date: March 25, 2001| Author: Reviewed by Guy Davenport | Copyright 2001 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

JOURNEY TO PORTUGAL

In Pursuit of Portugal's

History and Culture

By Jose{acute} Saramago

Translated from the Portuguese

By Amanda Hopkinson and Nick Caistor

Harcourt. 452 pp. $30

The cork oaks, vineyards and olive groves of Portugal sit on the ragged edge of the tectonic plate from which Massachusetts broke off. Portugal is crowded against the Atlantic by Spain. Portuguese and Spanish maps disagree at several places as to where the border might ...

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