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Wikipedia article
'Skylight' is a novel by Portuguese writer Jos Saramago.
The manuscript was submitted in 1953 and misplaced by the publisher. Upon its rediscovery 36 years later, Saramago decided to withhold its publication until his death. 'Skylight' was published in Portugal in 2011, one year after the writer's death, and features a foreword penned by Saramago's widow, Pilar del Ro, detailing his response to its rediscovery. It has been translated into English by Margaret Jull Costa.Broida, Mike (16 January 2015) [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/18/books/review/jose-saramagos-skylight.html Jos Saramagos 'Skylight'] 'The New York Times', Retrieved 1 February 2015.
The novel explores the lives of various characters in a shabby Lisbon apartment building in the 1940s.
Skylight was actually the second book written by the author. Shortly after the publication of his first novel, Terra do Pecado, Saramago sent Claraboia's writings to a Portuguese publisher, which never sent him an answer about what to do with the book.
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Category:2011 novels
Category:21st-century Portuguese novels
Category:Novels by Jos Saramago
Category:Portuguese-language novels
Category:Fiction set in the 1940s
Category:Novels set in Lisbon
Category:Novels published posthumously
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