"The inklings of Saramago's style swell throughout . . . Skylight shines." -- New York Times
"Unmistakably Saramago . . . There is no shortage of wonders to be found in [Skylight]." -- Washington Post "A fascinating and startlingly mature work . . . The book is a gem." -- Boston Globe Lisbon, late 1940s. The inhabitants of a faded apartment building are struggling to make ends meet: Silvio the cobbler and his wife take in a disaffected young lodger; Dona L