Istorie, lectura, literatura
History, Reading, Literature

Summary/Abstract: Considered by Harold Bloom “the most charming novel written by José Saramago”, The History of the Siege of Lisbon (1989) is not only an exquisitely constructed book, but also a perfect example of the Portuguese Nobel’s aesthetics. Convinced that everything that matters in life is literature and that human existence itself is an expression of literature, Saramago underlines the relationship between historiography and the art of the novel in order to show that fiction is ever-present in each written text, be it a historical treaty or a deliberately artistic creation. The same is true as far as another of Saramago’s novels is concerned, namely The Cave (2000), where the author also expresses his high regard for Plato’s philosophy, his goal being to depict the contemporary challenges each individual has to face during their life.

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