Night Train to Lisbon (Pocket Edition)

Night Train to Lisbon tells the story of Raimund Gregorius, a professor of classical languages, who decides to abandon thirty years of a predictable life and leave Bern by taking the train to Lisbon. Beforehand, he encounters Portuguese author Amadeu de Prado's book, "A Goldsmith of Words," and this book drives Pascal Mercier's entire narrative. The protagonist retraces Prado's steps and discovers him to be an admirable doctor and poet who fought against Salazar's dictatorship. Along the way, the reader is led through various worlds, concerns, doubts, and transcendences. • One of the biggest recent bestsellers in Europe, with over 2.5 million copies sold. • In Brazil, the Editora Record edition sold over 40,000 copies. • "Few stories are more beautiful." – O Estado de S. Paulo