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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:The Caveby Jose Saramago
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Cipriano Algor, an elderly potter, lives with his daughter Marta and her husband Marçal in a small village on the outskirts of The Center, an imposing complex of shops, apartments, and offices to which Cipriano delivers his pots and jugs every month. On one such trip, he is told not to make any more deliveries. Unwilling to give up his craft, Cipriano tries his hand at making ceramic dolls. Astonishingly, The Center places an order for hundreds, and Cipriano and Marta set to work-until the order is cancelled and the three have to move from the village into The Center. When mysterious sounds of digging emerge from beneath their apartment, Cipriano and Marçal investigate, and what they find transforms the family's life. Filled with the depth, humor, and the extraordinary philosophical richness that marks each of Saramago's novels, The Cave is one of the essential books of our time. Review:"Arguably the greatest writer of our time. He throw[s] a dazzling flash of lighttning on his subjects."(,Chicago Tribune,) Review:"Saramagos long fluid sentences, richly stocked with folk wisdom, lend his novels a rare quality of permanence." (Los Angeles Times Book Review)Review:"A compassionate study of loyalty, love and the ways in which people face the foorces trying to obliterate their spirit."(Francine Prose,People Magazine,) Review:"A densely textured, wonderfully resonant reworking of Platos allegory." (Time Out New York)Review:"An unassuming tour de force."Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Review:"A gripping, beautifully written, utterly enchanting, archaically romantic, and, at times, devastating take on ordinary people struggling to survive." (Book Magazine)Review:"Well say it again: Saramago is the finest novelist, bar none." (starred review, Kirkus)Review:"Another masterpiece from a remarkable writer who really may be, as many readerss believe, the greatest living novelist."(,Boston Globe,) Review:"An unassuming tour de force."(,Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel,) Review:What truly elevates-- is Saramago's style; this fantastically agile, irrepressibbly funny, sympathetic, cerebral, and sometimes even corny voice."(,Christian Science Monitor,) Review:"Saramago says he is really an essayist who took to writing novels. This is true. But the novels are masterly." (Seattle Times)Review:"Arguably the greatest writer of our time. He throw[s] a dazzling flash of lightning on his subjects." (Chicago Tribune)Review:"Another masterpiece from a remarkable writer who really may be, as many readers believe, the greatest living novelist." (Boston Globe)Review:"The teensiest bit of plot is meaningfully, accessibly stretched into something enormous." (Entertainment Weekly)Review:What truly elevates-- is Saramagos style; this fantastically agile, irrepressibly funny, sympathetic, cerebral, and sometimes even corny voice." (Christian Science Monitor)Synopsis:Cipriano Algor, an elderly potter, lives with his family in a small village on the outskirts of The Center, a mysterious place they are forced to contend with. Filled with the depth, humor, and the extraordinary philosophical richness that marks each of Saramago's novels, "The Cave" is an essential book.
About the AuthorBorn in Portugal in 1922, José Saramago is one of the most acclaimed writers in the world today. In 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He lives in the Canary Islands. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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