The History of the Siege of Lisbon

"The brilliantly original achievement of Siege is the comical, hesitant, and powerfully erotic progress of the couple's mutual courtship. . . . Saramago is one of Europe's most original and remarkable writers. His writing is imbued with a spirit of comic inquiry, meditative pessimism and a quietly transforming energy that turns the indefinite into the unforgettable." -- Richard Eder, The Los Angeles Times Book Review

"This hypnotic tale is a great comic romp through history, language and the imagination." -- Publishers Weekly

Cryptic and ingenious. -- The New York Times