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The Stone Raft - José Saramago
The Stone Raft
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What if, one day, Europe was to crack along the length of the Pyrenees, separating the Iberian peninsula? In Saramago's lovely fable, the new island is sent spinning, like a great stone raft, towards the Azores. While the authorities panic and tourists and investors flee, three men, two women and... show more
What if, one day, Europe was to crack along the length of the Pyrenees, separating the Iberian peninsula? In Saramago's lovely fable, the new island is sent spinning, like a great stone raft, towards the Azores. While the authorities panic and tourists and investors flee, three men, two women and a dog are drawn together by portents that burden them with a bemusing sense of responsibility. Travelling at first packed into a car, then into a wagon, they take to the road to explore the limits of their now finite land, adrift in a world made new by this radical shift in perspective.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9781860467219 (1860467210)
Publisher: Panther
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
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I, the booklover
I, the booklover rated it
3.0
Bem, gostei este livro! Ao contrário do último livro que li do Saramago, que não apreciei tanto, decidi pegar neste logo a seguir para ver se Saramago ainda me podia surpreender. E quão certa revelei estar. Li este livro de ontem para hoje, e estou ainda em transe, parece-me. Tão cedo no entanto, n...
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3.0 The Stone Raft
Based on the four previous books I've read by Saramago (Blindness, The Double, All the Names, and The Cave), I would call myself a devout fan. But The Stone Raft simply didn't work for me as well as the others. I think because this book turns away from a focus on the characters as individuals and in...
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