“The possibility of the impossible, dreams and illusions, are the subject of my novels.”
Introduction
The Stone Raft (1994)
Quotes from book
The Stone Raft
José Saramago
Original title
A Jangada de Pedra
(Portuguese, 1986)
The Stone Raft is a novel by Portuguese writer José Saramago. It was written in 1986, and was translated into English by Giovanni Pontiero in 1994. The 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.
The Stone Raft (1994)
