TY - BOOK AU - Queirós,Eça de TI - A Cidade e as Serras AV - PQ PY - 2006/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Portugal -- Fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City_and_the_Mountains Wikipedia page about this book: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Cidade_e_as_Serras; Release date is 2006-04-21; Rita Farinha and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team; Original publication data not identified N2 - "A Cidade e as Serras" by Eça de Queirós is a novel published in 1901. It follows Jacinto de Tormes, a wealthy devotee of urban progress and civilization, who leaves his comfortable life in Paris for the rural mountains of Portugal. Stripped of modern conveniences through mishap, he discovers unexpected fulfillment in the countryside's simplicity. The novel contrasts city sophistication with rural authenticity, ultimately exploring how Portugal's elite might balance technological progress with genuine connection to their land and culture. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18220 ER -