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Imprint: Vintage Classics
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Published: 01/06/2000
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ISBN: 9781860467219
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Length: 288 Pages
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Dimensions: 198mm x 18mm x 129mm
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Weight: 232g
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RRP: £9.99
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 itself.
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Imprint: Vintage Classics
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Published: 01/06/2000
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ISBN: 9781860467219
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Length: 288 Pages
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Dimensions: 198mm x 18mm x 129mm
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Weight: 232g
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RRP: £9.99
Reviews
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"An irresistible blend of shrewd detail and lyrical fantasy... A seductive novel that needs to be savoured"
Helen Dunmore, Observer
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"An invitation to one of the richest bodies of work by a living writer"
Amanda Hopkinson, New Statesman
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"Jose Saramago's brilliant evocation...is magical realism of a sort that stirs real wonder"
James Park, Time Out
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"Saramago's lovely and original questing story, in a lineage of others such as Don Quixote and Kipling's Kim, is a journey of the spirit told as a journey of the feet"
Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times
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"Tremendous wit is always apparent in his imaginative conceits, comic digression and verbal and narrative games"
Ian Critchley, Sunday Times
