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A masterpiece that rivals "One Hundred Years of Solitude", it is the masterpiece of Nobel Prize winner José Saramago. It won the "Camões Literary Prize", the highest award for Portuguese literature, and has been translated into more than 40 languages. Recommended by the Nobel Academy! A fantasy of flying, a miracle of construction, a passionate romance, and an adventure in a magical era. This is an era of depression and ignorance under the shadow of the Inquisition. Balthasar, a soldier who lost his left hand on the battlefield, and Blimunda, a girl with special vision, are invited by the mad genius and Frankenstein Father Lorenzo to build an aircraft together. The aircraft did take off, but what happens next... Laughter is next to tears, calmness and anxiety are only one step away, relaxation and fear are close neighbors. This is true in everyone's life and in every period of history.
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