''The Cave'' ( pt, A caverna) is a novel by Portuguese author
José Saramago
José de Sousa Saramago, GColSE ComSE GColCa (; 16 November 1922 – 18 June 2010), was a Portuguese writer and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony ith which heco ...
who received the
Nobel Prize
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in 1998. It was published in
Portuguese in 2000 and in
English
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in 2002.
Plot
The story concerns an elderly potter named Cipriano Algor, his daughter Marta, and his son-in-law Marçal. One day, the Center, literally the center of commerce in the story, cancels its order for Cipriano's pottery, leaving the elderly potter's future in doubt. He and Marta decide to try their hand at making clay figurines and astonishingly the Center places an order for hundreds. But just as quickly, the order is cancelled and Cipriano, his daughter, and his son-in-law have no choice but to move to the Center where Marçal works as a security guard. Before long, the mysterious sound of digging can be heard beneath the Center, and what the family discovers will change their lives forever.
See also
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Allegory of the Cave
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Plato
Plato ( ; grc-gre, Πλάτων ; 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC) was a Greek philosopher born in Athens during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. He founded the Platonist school of thought and the Academy, the first institution ...
External links
; Reviews
*Amantea, Carlos
The Cave accessed 2009-01-15
*Austin, Page
accessed 2009-01-15
*Keates, Jonathan
Published Nov. 24, 2002. accessed 2009-01-15
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ttp://quarterlyconversation.com/the-cave-by-jose-saramago-review The Quarterly Conversation accessed 2009-01-15
''The Independent''published 11th Feb 2003
Novels by José Saramago
2000 novels
20th-century Portuguese novels
Metafictional novels
Postmodern novels
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