The Painter of Birds
Contributors: Margaret Jull Costa (Translator)
Publisher: Harcourt
Published: March 20, 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780151006588
First sentence: Walter Dias' footsteps again pause on the landing, as they did on that night when he visited his daughter; he slips off his shoes and prepares to continue up the stairs, lithe as a shadow and keeping close to the wall, and I cannot dissuade or stop him, for the simple reason that I want him to reach the last step quickly, to open the door without knocking and to cross the narrow threshold without saying a word.