Night Train to Lisbon (Paperback)

from technodiabla

This is a very good book-- especially if you like deep philosophical discussions about the soul and the nature of humanity. I believe Mercier is a philosophy professor after all. I found the story compelling, though not in the least bit believable. The current-time plot with Gregorius seemed very...

from cameling

A quiet professor of languages in Bern chances upon a Portuguese woman one night and can't get her out of his mind. He looks to buy a Portuguese language book and finds instead, a memoir by a Portuguese doctor, one who was beloved by everyone until he treated a member of Salazar's secret police a...

from Peppuzzo

I read a book about a man reading a book. And the book he was reading was about a man who read a lot of books. Gregorius (the man reading the book) has lead the quiet and insignificant life that most of us will discover to have lived; his only eccentricity was his passion for classic books and tr...

from bookwoman247

Raimund Gregorious is a complete creature of habit. He teaches classical languages at a lycee in Bern. His entire life has been absorbed in studying and teaching these ancient languages. He is such a dry scholar that he has earned the nickname "Papyrus". When he has an unexpected encounter on a b...

from hemlokgang

This novel will, without question, be one of my all-time favorites. No kidding! Reading "Night Train to Lisbon" was an intellectual, philosophical, literary feast. Gregorius, a teacher of dead languages, commits the first impulsive act of his adult life and begins the most crucial journey of his ...