The Nobel Prize-winning author offers information about the history, culture, landscape, and people of his native Portugal, in an enchanting volume written by combining aspects of a novel, guidebook, and travelogue. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.
| | vii | |
| Author`s Preface to the English Edition | | ix | |
| I FROM NORTHEAST TO NORTHWEST: THE DOURO AND THE DUERO | |
| | 3 | (12) |
| The Wicked Ways of Dossel |
| | 15 | (9) |
| The Fiery Waters of the River de Onor |
| | 24 | (4) |
| The Story of the Soldier Jose Jorge |
| | 28 | (5) |
| | 33 | (8) |
| | 41 | (6) |
| | 47 | (6) |
| | 53 | (7) |
| | 60 | (7) |
| | 67 | (8) |
| Of Headaches and Other Miracles |
| | 75 | (7) |
| | 82 | (9) |
| The Girls of Castro Laboreiro |
| | 91 | (9) |
| St George Sets Forth on Horseback |
| | 100 | (6) |
| | 106 | (10) |
| | 116 | (7) |
| ``Beside the River They Call the Douro`` |
| | 123 | (9) |
| II LOWLANDS BESIDE THE OCEAN | |
| | 132 | (10) |
| At Home with the Marquess of Marialva |
| | 142 | (8) |
| Not Every Ruin is a Roman Ruin |
| | 150 | (9) |
| Coimbra Climbs, Coimbra Falls |
| | 159 | (8) |
| | 167 | (7) |
| At the Mountains` Gateway |
| | 174 | (7) |
| III SOFT-STONE BEIRAS, BE PATIENT | |
| The Man Who Could not Forget |
| | 181 | (5) |
| Bread, Cheese and Wine in Cidadelhe |
| | 186 | (8) |
| | 194 | (8) |
| A Grain of Corn Away from Being Lisbon |
| | 202 | (7) |
| New Temptations of the Devil |
| | 209 | (8) |
| | 217 | (9) |
| | 226 | (2) |
| | 228 | (10) |
| | 238 | (8) |
| | 246 | (11) |
| IV FROM MONDEGO TO SADO, STOPPING ALL THE WHILE | |
| | 257 | (6) |
| | 263 | (9) |
| Friars, Warriors and Fishermen |
| | 272 | (10) |
| | 282 | (6) |
| | 288 | (7) |
| | 295 | (9) |
| | 304 | (7) |
| | 311 | (7) |
| | 318 | (7) |
| | 325 | (3) |
| They Say it`s a Good Thing |
| | 328 | (21) |
| Chimneys and Orange Groves |
| | 349 | (8) |
| V THE VAST AND BURNING LANDS OF ALENTEJO | |
| | 357 | (8) |
| | 365 | (6) |
| One Ancient Stone, One Man |
| | 371 | (9) |
| The Destruction of Nests is Prohibited |
| | 380 | (11) |
| The Night the World Began |
| | 391 | (13) |
| | 404 | (11) |
| | 415 | (8) |
| VI OF THE ALGARVE, SUN, DRY BREAD AND SOFT BREAD | |
| The Director and his Museum |
| | 423 | (9) |
| Portuguese as She is Not Spoken |
| | 432 | (11) |
| The Traveller Sets Out Again |
| | 443 | (1) |
| Index | | 444 | |
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