Synopsis
When a Portuguese proofreader rewrites history by changing a
word in a text, he unexpectedly wins the heart of his
supervisor, Maria Sara, who encourages him to fabricate more
in the grand style of a historical romance. Around this
seemingly minor episode, Jose Saramago, "Portugal's
great fabulist" (Los Angeles Times) constructs one of
his most ambitious, sweeping novels to date, a magical tale
of love, memory, and the revision of things past.