The Cave - by José Saramago (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>"[<i>The Cave</i>] is yet another triumph . . . for Portugal's, or even the world's, greatest novelist. Read it." -- <i>Washington Post</i> <br> A genuinely brilliant novel." -- <i>Chicago Tribune</i> <br> </b> <br> 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 and apartments to which Cipriano delivers his wares. One day, 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. But just as suddenly, the order is canceled and the penniless three have to move from the village into The Center. When mysterious sounds of digging emerge from beneath their new apartment, Cipriano and Marçal investigate; what they find transforms the family's life. Filled with the depth, humor, and extraordinary philosophical richness that marks all of Saramago's novels, <i>The Cave</i> is one of the essential books of our time. <br><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>A Los Angeles Times Best Book<BR>A New York Times Notable Book <BR>"[The Cave] is yet another triumph . . . for Portugal's, or even the world's, greatest living novelist. Read it."-The Washington Post Book World <P>Cipriano Algor, an elderly potter, lives with his daughter Marta and her husband Marcal in a small village on the outskirts of The Center, an imposing complex of shops and apartments to which Cipriano delivers his wares. One day, 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. But just as suddenly, the order is cancelled and the penniless three have to move from the village into The Center. When mysterious sounds of digging emerge from beneath their new apartment, Cipriano<BR>and Marcal investigate; what they find transforms the family's life. Filled with the depth, humor, and extraordinary philosophical richness that marks each of Saramago's novels, The Cave is one of the essential books of our time. <P>"As with Proust, to be drawn into a Saramago sentence is to be drawn into a world that takes shape out of a maze. . . . His human voices wake us and we live."-The New York Times Book Review <BR>JOSE SARAMAGO is one of the most acclaimed writers in the world today. He is the author of numerous novels, including All the Names and Blindness. In 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. -Chicago Tribune <BR>MARGARET JULL COSTA has established herself as the premier translator of Portuguese literature into English today, and her previous renderings of Saramago's novels are highly acclaimed.<BR>"<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A densely textured, wonderfully resonant reworking of Plato's allegory. <br>-- "Time Out New York"<br><br>An unassuming tour de force. <br>-- "Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel"<br><br>Loving collaboration that insists on the value of independence and a firm belief that art can't be separated from life.<br>-- "New York Newsday"<br><br>Saramago says he is really an essayist who took to writing novels. This is true. But the novels are masterly. <br>-- "Seattle Times"<br><br>Saramago's long fluid sentences, richly stocked with folk wisdom, lend his novels a rare quality of permanence.<br>-- "Los Angeles Times Book Review"<br><br><b>A <i>Los Angeles Times </i>Best Book <br> A <i>New York Times </i>Notable Book</b> <p/> "[<i>The Cave</i>] is yet another triumph. . . Read it."--<b><i>The Washington Post Book World</i></b> <p/> "As with Proust, to be drawn into a Saramago sentence is to be drawn into a world that takes shape out of a maze. . . His human voices wake us and we live."--<b><i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b> <p/> "Saramago is arguably the greatest writer of our time . . .A genuinely brilliant novel."--<b><i>Chicago Tribune</i></b> <p/> "One expects nothing less than another masterpiece from a remarkable writer."--<b><i>The Boston Globe</i></b> <p/> "This is both a meditation on the heartlessness with which modern society absorbs the individual, and a compassionate study of loyalty, love, and the ways in which people face the forces trying obliterate their spirit."--<b>Francine Prose, <i>People</i></b> <p/> "An unassuming tour de force."--<b><i>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</i></b> <br><br><br>A compassionate study of loyalty, love and the ways in which people face the forces trying to obliterate their spirit. <br>--Francine Prose "People Magazine"<br><br>A gripping, beautifully written, utterly enchanting, archaically romantic, and, at times, devastating take on ordinary people struggling to survive.<br>-- "Book Magazine"<br><br>Another masterpiece from a remarkable writer who really may be, as many readers believe, the greatest living novelist. <br>-- "Boston Globe"<br><br>Arguably the greatest writer of our time. He throw[s] a dazzling flash of lightning on his subjects. <br>-- "Chicago Tribune"<br><br>The teensiest bit of plot is meaningfully, accessibly stretched into something enormous. <br>-- "Entertainment Weekly"<br><br>We'll say it again: Saramago is the finest novelist, bar none. <br>--starred review "Kirkus"<br><br>What truly elevates-- is Saramago's style; this fantastically agile, irrepressibly funny, sympathetic, cerebral, and sometimes even corny voice.<br>-- "Christian Science Monitor"<br>
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