You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
This is a charming and insightful memoir by António Francisco Barata, the owner of a small but beloved bookstore in Lisbon, Portugal. It offers a unique perspective on the joys and challenges of running a bookstore, and on the role of books and reading in modern society. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
António Francisco Barata (Góis 1836 - Évora 1910), erudito, publicista, escritor, historiador e grande observador dos costumes nacionais. Órfão e sem recursos, iniciou-se na vida profissional como aprendiz de barbeiro em Coimbra. Espírito curioso e amante da leitura, o contacto com os lentes da Universidade, que frequentavam a barbearia onde trabalhava, determinaram a sua formação de autodidacta.
Aos 24 anos publicou a primeira obra, sob o título, Lucubrações de Um Artista (1860), que reunia algumas composições poéticas. O Dr. Augusto Filipe Simões, que viu nele um jovem talento a apoiar, acabou por o levar para Évora a suas instâncias. Nesta cidade foi sucessivamente, en...