Memorial do convento, an interesting historical novel by José Saramago, was published in Portugal in 1982. The year 2022 marks the fortieth anniversary of its publication, as well as the centenary of the birth of its author. In this novel the reader is faced with unexpected, fantastic and marvellous situations. The second volume of what we can call Saramago’s “historical cycle”, following Levantado do Chão, Memorial do convento partially recovers the themes and style of the previous work, developing and expanding them.…
