| ISBNS.co.tt Trinidad and Tobago | |
  | |
| Searching ... |
| 0 % | ||
Books by Margaret Jull Costa
  | | Skylight(Reprint) by Margaret Jull Costa, José Saramago, Josã Saramago Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2015 by Mariner Books ISBN-13: 978-0-544-57037-5, ISBN: 0-544-57037-5 "“The inklings of Saramago’s style swell throughout . . . Skylight shines.” — New York Times “Unmistakably Saramago . . . There is no shortage of wonders to be found in [Skylight].” — Washington Post “A fascinating and startlingly mature work . . . The book is a gem.” — Boston Globe Lisbon, late 1940s. The inhabitants of a faded apartment building are struggling to make ends meet: Silvio the cobbler and his wife take in a disaffected ..." |
 | | The Book of Disquiet The Complete Edition (Serpent's Tail Classics) by Fernando Pessoa, Margaret Jull Costa Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2018 by Serpent's Tail ISBN-13: 978-1-78125-864-4, ISBN: 1-78125-864-3 "Rare Book" |
 | | Take Six Six Portuguese Women Writers (Dedalus Europe) by Margaret Jull Costa, Agustina Bessa-Luis, Helia Correia, Teolinda Gersao, Lidia Jorge, Gustav Meyrink Paperback, 252 Pages, Published 2018 by Dedalus Limited Abreviado, Audiolibro, Cofre, Ilustrado, Texto Grande ISBN-13: 978-1-910213-69-8, ISBN: 1-910213-69-1 "Take Six is a celebration of six remarkable Portuguese women writers: Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Agustina Bessa-Luís, Maria Judite de Carvalho, Hélia Correia, Teolinda Gersão and Lídia Jorge.They are all past mistresses of the short story form, and their subject matter ranges from finding one’s inner fox to a failed suicide attempt to a grandmother and grandson battling the wind on a beach. Stories and styles are all very differe ..." |
 | | Cousin Bazilio(2nd Edition) (Dedalus European Classics) by Eca De Queiroz, Margaret Jull Costa Paperback, 439 Pages, Published 2016 by Dedalus Limited ISBN-13: 978-1-910213-37-7, ISBN: 1-910213-37-3 "Cousin Bazilio is a tale of sexual folly and hypocrisy and vividly depicts life in nineteenth-century lisbon. Eca gives us a whole gallery of characters from Bazilio, the suave villain to Jorge, the smugly uxorious husband, from Luiza, the bored empty-headed wife to Juliana, the plain, ailing maidservant desperate, by whatever means, to grab some of life's little luxuries, from Leopoldina, nicknamed' the Ever-Open Door', to Joana the co ..." |
 | | Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas A Novel by Robin Patterson, Margaret Jull Costa Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2020 by Liveright ISBN-13: 978-1-63149-532-8, ISBN: 1-63149-532-1 "Machado de Assis’s iconic novel, now considered a progenitor of twentieth-century South American fiction, is finally rendered as a stunningly modern work. “I passed away at two o’clock in the afternoon on a Friday in August in 1869, in my beautiful mansion in the Catumbi district of the city.” So begins Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas―at the end of the narrator’s life. Published in 1881, this highly experimental novel was not at first ..." |
 | | The Complete Works of Alberto Caeiro Bilingual edition by Fernando Pessoa, Margaret Jull Costa, Patricio Ferrari, Jerónimo Pizarro Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2020 by New Directions ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-2780-3, ISBN: 0-8112-2780-4 "A bilingual companion to The Book of Disquiet, by Fernando Pessoa Here, in Margaret Jull Costa and Patricio Ferrari’s splendid new translations, are the complete poems of Alberto Caeiro, the imaginary “heteronym” coterie created by Fernando Pessoa, the Portuguese modernist master. Pessoa conceived Caeiro around 1914 and may have named him loosely after his friend, the poet Mário de Sa-Cárrneiro. What followed was a collection of some o ..." |
 | | The Mystery of the Sintra Road (Dedalus European Classics) by Ramalho Ortigao, Eca De Queiroz, Margaret Jull Costa, Nick Phillips, Jose Duarte Ortigao Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2014 by Dedalus Limited ISBN-13: 978-1-909232-29-7, ISBN: 1-909232-29-7 "Two friends are kidnapped by several masked men, who, to judge by their manners and their accent are men of the best society. One of the friends is a doctor, and the masked men say that they need him to assist a noblewoman, who is about to give birth. When they reach the house, they find no such noblewoman, only a dead man. Another man, known only as A.M.C., bursts in at this point and declares that the man died of opium poisoning. The ..." |
 | | Chronicle of the Murdered House by Lucio Cardoso, Robin Patterson, Margaret Jull Costa, Benjamin Moser Paperback, 500 Pages, Published 2016 by Open Letter ISBN-13: 978-1-940953-50-2, ISBN: 1-940953-50-2 "Winner of the 2017 Best Translated Book AwardLonglisted for the 2017 National Translation Award"The book itself is strange―part Faulknerian meditation on the perversities, including sexual, of degenerate country folk; part Dostoevskian examination of good and evil and God―but in its strangeness lies its rare power, and in the sincerity and seriousness with which the essential questions are posed lies its greatness."―Benjamin Moser, from ..." |
 | | The Maias(Reprint) by Margaret Jull Costa, Eça De Queirós Paperback, 596 Pages, Published 2007 by New Directions ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-1649-4, ISBN: 0-8112-1649-7 "Set in Lisbon at the close of the nineteenth century, The Maias is both a coming-of-age novel and a passionate romance. Our hero Carlos Maia, heir to one of the greatest fortunes in Portugal, is rich, handsome, generous and intelligent: he means to do something for his country, something useful, something that will make his beloved grandfather proud. However, Carlos is also a bit of a dilettante. He drifts along, becoming a doctor and ..." |
 | | Symmetries (High Risk Books) by Luisa Valenzuela, Margaret Jull Costa Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1998 by Serpent's Tail ISBN-13: 978-1-85242-543-2, ISBN: 1-85242-543-1 "Stories that capture the absurdity of life. Valenzuela's view of life captures our imagination because we know how far it is from reality - cops in Buenos Aires are not afraid of dogs, latin lovers in cafes do make moves in the game of courtship, hotels in Venice overlook canals." |
 | | All the Names(1st Edition) by Jose Saramago, Margaret Jull Costa, Josac Saramago Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2001 by Mariner Books ISBN-13: 978-0-15-601059-7, ISBN: 0-15-601059-3 ""As soon as you cross the threshold, you notice the smell of old paper." The Central Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths is the setting for All the Names, Nobel Prize-winning Portuguese author José Saramago's seventh novel to be translated into English. The names in question are those of every man, woman, and child ever born, married, or buried in the unnamed city where the Registry is located, and are the special province o ..." |
 | | The Elephant's Journey by Jose Saramago, Margaret Jull Costa Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2011 by Mariner Books Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-547-57411-0, ISBN: 0-547-57411-8 " In 1551, King João III of Portugal gave Archduke Maximilian an unusual wedding present: an elephant named Solomon. The elephantâs journey from Lisbon to Vienna was witnessed and remarked upon by scholars, historians, and ordinary people. Out of this material, José Saramago has spun a novel already heralded as âa triumph of language, imagination, and humorâ (El PaÃs). Solomon and his keeper, Subhro, begin in disma ..." |
 | | Brida(1st Edition) A Novel by Paulo Coelho, Margaret Jull Costa Hardcover, 212 Pages, Published 2008 by Harperone ISBN-13: 978-0-06-157893-9, ISBN: 0-06-157893-2 "The spellbinding new novel from one of the world's best-loved authors, Paulo Coelho, recounting the story of Brida, and her pursuit of wisdom. This is the story of Brida, a young Irish girl, and her quest for knowledge. She has long been interested in various aspects of magic, but is searching for something more. Her search leads her to people of great wisdom, who begin to teach her about the world. Her teachers sense that Brida has a ..." |
 | | Eleven Minutes Publisher(Reprint) Harper Perennial by Paulo Coelho, Margaret Jull Costa, 0. 0. Paperback, 273 Pages, Published 2005 by Harper Perennial Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-06-058928-8, ISBN: 0-06-058928-0 "Maria, a young girl from a remote village of Brazil, whose first encounters with love leave her heartbroken, goes to seek her fortune in Switzerland. She works for a time in a nightclub but soon becomes dissatisfied and after a heated discussion with her manager one night, she quits her job. She tries to become a model but is unsuccessful. Because she is running out of money, she accepts 1000 francs from an Arab man to spend the night w ..." |
 | | The Flanders Panel(Reprint) by Arturo Perez-Reverte, Margaret Jull Costa Paperback, 294 Pages, Published 2004 by Harvest Books Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-15-602958-2, ISBN: 0-15-602958-8 "A fifteenth-century painting by a Flemish master is about to be auctioned when Julia, a young art restorer, discovers a peculiar inscription hidden in a corner: Who killed the knight? In the painting, the Duke of Flanders and his knight are locked in a game of chess, and a dark lady lurks mysteriously in the background. Julia is determined to solve the five-hundred-year-old murder, but as she begins to look for clues, several of her fri ..." |
 | | All the Names(1st Edition) by Jose Saramago, Margaret Jull Costa, Nelson. Mandela Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2000 by Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-15-100421-8, ISBN: 0-15-100421-8 ""As soon as you cross the threshold, you notice the smell of old paper." The Central Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths is the setting for All the Names, Nobel Prize-winning Portuguese author José Saramago's seventh novel to be translated into English. The names in question are those of every man, woman, and child ever born, married, or buried in the unnamed city where the Registry is located, and are the special province of Senh ..." |
 | | The Accordionist's Son(9th Edition) A Novel (Lannan Translation Selection (Graywolf Paperback)) by Bernardo Atxaga, Margaret Jull Costa Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2010 by Graywolf Press Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-1-55597-555-5, ISBN: 1-55597-555-0 "The Accordionist's Son by Bernardo Atxaga: "The most accomplished novel to date by an internationally celebrated writers"" (Bookforum), " now in paperback.David Imaz has spent many years living in exile in California, far from his native Basque Country. Nearing fifty and in failing health, he begins to write the story of his youth, a sweeping narrative that spans 1936 to 1999. As a young man, David divides his time between his uncle's r ..." |
 | | Seeing(1st Edition) by Margaret Jull Costa, Jose Saramago, Josã Saramago, Giovanni Pontiero, Jos Saramago Paperback, 307 Pages, Published 2007 by Harvest Books ISBN-13: 978-0-15-603273-5, ISBN: 0-15-603273-2 "On election day in the capital, it is raining so hard that no one has bothered to come out to vote. The politicians are growing jittery. Should they reschedule the elections for another day? Around three oâclock, the rain finally stops. Promptly at four, voters rush to the polling stations, as if they had been ordered to appear. But when the ballots are counted, more than 70 percent are blank. The citizens are rebellious. A state of e ..." |
 | | The Cave(Reprint) by Jose Saramago, Margaret Jull Costa, Josac Saramago Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2003 by Mariner Books ISBN-13: 978-0-15-602879-0, ISBN: 0-15-602879-4 "José Saramago is a master at pacing. Readers unfamiliar with the work of this Portuguese Nobel Prize winner would do well to begin with The Cave, a novel of ideas, shaded with suspense. Spare and pensive, The Cave follows the fortunes of an aging potter, Cipriano Algor, beginning with his weekly delivery of plates to the Center, a high-walled, windowless shopping complex, residential community, and nerve center that dominates the reg ..." |
 | | The Crime of Father Amaro(Updated) by Margaret Jull Costa, Eça De Queirós, Josand#233, A. De Queir Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 2003 by New Directions ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-1532-9, ISBN: 0-8112-1532-6 "An unflinching portrait of a priest who seduces his landlady's daughter, made into an acclaimed and controversial motion picture. Eça de Queirós''s novel The Crime of Father Amaro is a lurid satire of clerical corruption in a town in Portugal (Leira) during the period before and after the 1871 Paris Commune. At the start, a priest physically explodes after a fish supper while guests at a birthday celebration are "wildly dancing a polka. ..." |
All Authors
All Bindings
All Editions
All Years
All Regions
Margaret Jull Costa
All Bindings
All Editions
All Years
All Regions