Night Train to Lisbon
Pascal Mercier
Literary Fiction
Night Train to Lisbon
by Pascal Mercier
—· 496 p· 2007
reflectivephilosophicalmysterious
Overview
About
Former Latin teacher Raimund Gregorius boards the night train to Lisbon, carrying with him a book by Amadeu de Prado, with whose work he becomes obsessed, and journeys all over the city in search of the truth about the author.
Pages
496
Grove Press
Linguistic complexity
4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
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Reader feel
Philosophical Inquiry10
Prose9
Character Interior Life9
Emotional depth8
Narration8
Plot twists6
Pacing6
Worldbuilding5
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