The Stone Raft

When the Iberian Peninsula breaks free of Europe and begins to drift across the North Atlantic, five people are drawn together on the newly formed island-first by surreal events and then by love. A splendidly imagined epic voyage...a fabulous fable (Kirkus Reviews). Translated by Giovanni Pontiero.

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About the author

JOSÉ SARAMAGO (1922–2010) was the author of many novels, among them Blindness, All the Names, Baltasar and Blimunda, and The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis. In 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Summary

When the Iberian Peninsula breaks free of Europe and begins to drift across the North Atlantic, five people are drawn together on the newly formed island-first by surreal events and then by love. “A splendidly imagined epic voyage...a fabulous fable” (Kirkus Reviews). Translated by Giovanni Pontiero.

Product details

• Authors: Jose Saramago, José Saramago
• Assisted by: Giovanni Pontiero (Translation)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.06.1996
• EAN: 9780156004015
• ISBN: 978-0-15-600401-5
• No. of pages: 300
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 281 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Romance / Historical / American, FICTION: Historical / Medieval, FICTION: Romance / Historical / Medieval, FICTION: Romance / Historical / 20th Century, FICTION: Romance / Historical / Ancient World, FICTION: Historical / Renaissance, FICTION: Alternative History, FICTION: World Literature / Spain / 20th Century, FICTION: Historical / Ancient, FICTION: World Literature / Portugal