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Prompted by seeing the film of he same title which bends the story quite a lot i bought the book. A night train to lisbon parallels the book written by the doctor as gregorious reads it as he explores lisbon in search of the man behind the book. Pascal merciers night train to lisbon words without. A book in which poetry and philosophy are intimately intertwined. It is the only book i have ever read which i have begun to read a second time immediately after the first to. Night train to lisbon tells the story of mildmannered, middleaged classics scholar raimund gregorius. Swiss classics teacher abandons everything to research portuguese doctor might be the summary of this book but gregorius search leads him to consider not just a life story but any life and more particularly death, plus friendship, family and god. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 496 pages and is available in hardcover format. Night train to lisbon ebook king county library system. Night train to lisbon book king county library system. Dec 06, 20 director bille august pelle the conqueror gives his film of pascal merciers novel a promising beginning. Lets discuss night train to lisbon by pascal mercier. Pascal merciers night train to lisbon words without borders. A bookish latin professor, wellrespected but perhaps a little boring.
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As the author is a philosophy professor in berlin or so the book jacket states, there is quite a bit of philosophical journeying in this book of fiction. Pdf night train to lisbon book by pascal mercier free. Yet the power of his words, this voice from the past. He packs his bag and takes a night train to lisbon. Night train to lisbon book burlington public library. The main characters of this fiction, philosophy story are raimund gregorius.
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