{"product_id":"raised-from-the-ground","title":"Raised from the Ground","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eEssential...A novel that resounds with relevance for our own time.\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1980, the City of Lisbon Prize-winning \u003cem\u003eRaised from the Ground\u003c\/em\u003e follows the changing fortunes of the Mau Tempo family--poor landless peasants not unlike Saramago's own grandparents. Set in Alentejo, a southern province of Portugal known for its vast agricultural estates, the novel charts the lives of the Mau Tempos as national and international events rumble on in the background--the coming of the republic in Portugual, the two world wars, and an attempt on the dictator Salazar's life. Yet nothing really impinges on the grim reality of the farm laborers' lives until the first communist stirrings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRaised from the Ground\u003c\/em\u003e is Saramago's most deeply personal novel, the book in which he found the signature style and voice that distinguishes all of his brilliant works.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51947329945831,"sku":"9780544102736","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_aa59d49b-eff5-4705-80f8-4ad2c27b1eeb.jpg?v=1775487063","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/raised-from-the-ground","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}