Requiem

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In the city of Lisbon, Requiem’s narrator has an appointment to meet someone on a quay by the Tagus at twelve. Misunderstanding twelve to mean noon as opposed to midnight, he is left to wait. As the day unfolds he has many unexpected encounters – with a young drug addict, a disorientated taxi driver, a cemetery keeper, the mysterious Isabel and the ghost of the late great poet Fernando Pessoa – each meeting travelling between the real and illusionary.

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90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books

‘My dear friend, he said, life is strange and strange things happen in life’

It is a hot July Sunday in Lisbon and our narrator has an appointment to meet someone by the quayside. But when his guest does not arrive, he spends the day wandering the deserted city, encountering some memorable characters along the way: a disoriented taxi driver, an accordionist, a Seller of Stories and, finally, the long-awaited ghost of the late, great Fernando Pessoa.

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Weight 0.073 kg
Dimensions 18 × 11 × 0.7 cm
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Cover

Paperback

Pages

128

Language

English

Edition

|Reprint

Dewey

869.342 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K