Objecto Quasi

Objecto Quasi is a Portuguese collection of short stories by author José Saramago published in 1978.

It was translated to English in 2012 under the title '' The Lives of Things''

In 2010, a cinema adaptation of one of its stories was released under the name '' Embargo''. In "The Chair", a dictator's seat is slowly being eroded until he collapses on the floor – a clear reference to the fall of Salazar, the Portuguese dictator. In the stories, men and things form the world, whose dynamics are shaken by distance or disunity.

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Short stories by José Saramago
1978 short story collections

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