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3.5 AVERAGE
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Luís de Camões is to the Portuguese what Shakespeare is to the English. In fact the two were 16th century contemporaries, although they probably didn’t know about one another. Both deeply shaped the respective languages that they used. Camões was a particular master of the sonnet and this book contains those that can definitely be attributed to him. It is amazing how vivid these superb compositions remain, and how their author is almost tangibly present in them, considering they were written ca. 500 years ago! Since poetry can be especially difficult to comprehend in a foreign language, even one that is otherwise familiar, this bilingual edition is especially useful: one gets the beautiful feel and sound of the original, without having to compromise one’s understanding.