The Painter of Birds

By Lídia Jorge

The story of a daughter's longing for her absent father and her determination to piece together the past and the future The setting of this extraordinary novel is an old farmhouse in Portugal-a house... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 015100658X
• ISBN13: 9780151006588
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 1.0" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Excellent , intelligent, beautiful writing from Portugal

Lidia Jorge was born in Algarve, which has now become like the French Riviera, invaded by tourism. Yet her childhood was formed and informed in a different era, of simplicity, symbols and revelations. I had the privilege to visit with her for ONCE SHE WAS A CHILD, my book of encounters with women writers telling the story of childhood in times of upheaval (now a completed manuscript). Before our meeting I read one short story of hers only and found it captivating. I strongly recommend getting hold of every book of hers that finally gets translated. It's the best financial investment as you'll go back to them again and again, as if you bought a thousand books for the price of one! (How many so called "best sellers" qualify as such?)