Portugal
Visions of Portugal
On José Saramago’s late-in-life memoir of village life in Portugal: “When he was 83, Saramago released a memoir, which, like a missive from the grave, came into English translation in 2010, a year after he died.”
Topics: Portugal
The Umbrellas of Águeda
The city’s flying parasols (guarda-chuva in Portuguese) give the stony streets of Águeda an astonishing buoyancy.
Topics: Portugal
Night Flight
Centenarian director Manoel de Oliviera’s “The Strange Case of Angelica” is a whimsical romance set in, and above, the vineyards of northern Portugal.
Topics: Portugal
‘When I See Lisbon’
Photographer Gerald Verdon tells the story behind one of his favorite pictures from Portugal: “A lot of street life in current days is demonstration. It’s a rare situation where people are natural and express themselves.”
Topics: Portugal
