The Stone Raft
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Author | José Saramago |
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Original title | A Jangada de Pedra |
Country | Portugal |
Language | Portuguese |
Genre(s) | Novel |
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Released | 1986 |
Released in English | 1994 |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
ISBN | ISBN 0151851980 |
The Stone Raft (Portuguese: A Jangada de Pedra) is a novel by Nobel Prize in Literature-winning Portuguese writer José Saramago. It first appeared in Portuguese in 1986, and was translated into English in 1994. The basic premise of the novel is that the Iberian Peninsula has broken off the European continent and is floating freely in the Atlantic Ocean; bureaucrats around the world are forced to deal with the traumatic effects, while five characters from across Portgual and Spain are drawn ever closer to one another, embrarking on a journey within the peninsula as the landmass journeys itself.
José Saramago |
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Terra do Pecado • Os Poemas Possíveis • Provavelmente Alegria • Deste Mundo e do Outro • A Bagagem do Viajante • As Opiniões que o DL teve • O Ano de 1993 • Os Apontamentos • Manual de Pintura e Caligrafia • Objecto Quase • Viagem a Portugal • Baltasar and Blimunda • The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis • The Stone Raft • The History of the Siege of Lisbon • The Gospel According to Jesus Christ • Blindness • All the Names • The Tale of the Unknown Island • The Cave • The Double • Seeing • Don Giovanni ou o Dissoluto Absolvido • As Intermitências da Morte •As Pequenas Memórias |