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The Stone Raft

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Description for The Stone Raft Paperback. One day a rift opens along the border between Spain and France, and the Iberian peninsula floats off across the Atlantic, a great stone raft. But what of the floating population? While the tourists and investors flee, the Spanish and Portuguese escape the coast and wander the inland roads. Translator(s): Pontiero, Giovanni. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.

What if, one day, Europe was to crack along the length of the Pyrenees, separating Spain and Portugal from the rest of Europe?

In Saramago's fable, a new island is sent spinning through the ocean like a great stone raft. While the authorities panic and tourists flee, three men, two women and a dog are drawn together by omens that burden them with a peculiar responsibility. In this magical realist tale, the six take to the road, finding themselves adrift in a world now unfamiliar and forced to reckon with their relationships, human psychology and the shakiness of belief ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781860467219
SKU
9781860467219
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99-1

About José Saramago
José Saramago is one of the most important international writers of the last hundred years. Born in Portugal in 1922, he was in his sixties when he came to prominence as a writer with the publication of Baltasar and Blimunda. A huge body of work followed, translated into more than forty languages, and in 1998 he was awarded the Nobel ... Read more

Reviews for The Stone Raft
An irresistible blend of shrewd detail and lyrical fantasy... A seductive novel that needs to be savoured
Helen Dunmore
Observer
An invitation to one of the richest bodies of work by a living writer
Amanda Hopkinson
New Statesman
Jose Saramago's brilliant evocation...is magical realism of a sort that stirs real wonder
James Park ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Stone Raft


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