Author: SARAMAGO, JOSE
Title: The Stone Raft
Description: Garage A5 black, The Harvill Press. 2000. (ISBN: 9781860467219). Paperback, 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches. Paperback in good condition. Isbn 1860467210 1-86046-721-0. Portuguese novelist Saramago's surreal political fable follows the adventures of the inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula after it literally breaks away from Europe. The Iberian peninsula is set adrift from Europe owing to a crack in the mountain chain of the Pyrenees. The silent dogs of Cerbere begin to bark, a sign that the universe is coming to an end. People start to wander about aimlessly. The Portuguese government resigns as it becomes clear that the new island is going to collide with the Azores. With death and destruction seemingly imminent, a group of strangers ends up together, and their lives are transformed. Saramago, Portugal's most widely read contemporary novelist, here recounts the story of Europe's historical exclusion of Portugal and Spain. The novel leaves hope for the rebirth of society and the integration of the Iberian peninsula with Europe, a hope that GATT and the World Trade Organization can bring about. Recommended for modern European fiction collections. Good.

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