The Stone Raft

The Stone Raft
First edition
Author	José Saramago
Original title	A Jangada de Pedra
Country	Portugal
Language	Portuguese
Publisher	Caminho (Portugal) Harcourt Brace (US)
Publication date	1986
Published in English	1994
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
ISBN	0-15-185198-0
OCLC	31865403
Dewey Decimal	869.3/42 20
LC Class	PQ9281.A66 J313 1995

The Stone Raft (Portuguese: A Jangada de Pedra) is a novel by Nobel Prize in Literature-winning Portuguese writer José Saramago. It was written 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 Portugal and Spain are drawn ever closer to one another, embarking on a journey within the peninsula as the landmass journeys itself.

A Spanish-language film version entitled La Balsa de Piedra was released in 2002. It was directed by acclaimed Dutch director George Sluizer and the film was a Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese co-production.

Works by José Saramago

Novels	Land of Sin This World and the Other The Traveller's Baggage Opinions That DL Had The Notes Manual of Painting and Calligraphy Journey to 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 Cave The Double Seeing Death with Interruptions Memories of My Youth The Elephant's Journey Cain

Short stories	Quasi Object (1978) Poética dos Cinco Sentidos - O Ouvido (1979) "The Tale of the Unknown Island" (1997)

Films directed by George Sluizer

Love and Music João and the Knife Twice a Woman Red Desert Penitentiary The Vanishing (1988) Utz The Vanishing (1993) Dark Blood Crimetime Dying to Go Home The Commissioner The Stone Raft The Chosen One

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