Episode 1
Derek Jacobi reads Pereira Maintains, a tale of reluctant heroism in Portugal. The country is under the Fascist shadow of Spain but Dr Pereira wants nothing to do with politics.
Derek Jacobi reads this prizewinning novel set in the sweltering summer of 1938 when Portugal was under the Fascist shadow of Spain.
Pereira Maintains tells a tale of reluctant heroism. The editor of the arts page of a Lisbon newspaper, Dr Pereira, wants nothing to do with politics. Something of an academic he spends his time immersed in nineteenth century French literature. His closest confidante is a photograph of his late wife. But all this changes when he meets Francesco Monteiro Rossi, a charismatic young man with links to the anti-Franco International Brigade. As Pereira comes to realise the extent of the suppression of free speech in the country he loves, he is drawn into a reckless act of rebellion.
Abridged by Jane Marshall.
Produced by Jane Marshall
A Jane Marshall production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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- Mon 25 Jul 2011 22:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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