Drawing and writing guide

The novel "Guide to Drawing and Writing" is the true fame of Saramago and his first step towards his position at the peak of global creativity. It achieved success after success after its publication, never disconnected from his country's issues or from global concerns. In this novel, and with his unique style, "Saramago" places life on the canvases of painting and the twists of the lines to understand them, to find the true meaning of many of its complexities in a philosophical way, to confront them with many questions seeking answers through the life of the protagonist, a portrait painter who paints with a hand that rebels against the brush and holds the pen, saying "In painting, there is always a moment when the canvas cannot bear another brushstroke, while these lines can extend infinitely." Thus, the portrait painter writes his autobiography to merge his life with important events that passed through Portugal before the Carnation Revolution in 1974, reflecting the face of writing and the face of painting, and echoing the idea that morality and aesthetics are inseparable, that art should be the voice of society's conscience, and that the image is a means of achieving knowledge.