# The Cave

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- Book: [The Cave](https://www.bookquiver.com/jose-saramago/the-cave) ([The Cave.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/jose-saramago/the-cave.md))
- Authors: [José Saramago](https://www.bookquiver.com/jose-saramago)
- Publisher: vintage_digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-4811-428-3
- Published: 2011-11-30
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Cipriano Algor, an ageing potter, lives with his daughter and her husband in the shadow of the Centre, a nebulous, constantly expanding conglomerate that provides his livelihood – until it decrees that it is no longer interested in his humble wares. Together with his daughter, they craft a new line of small ceramic figurines and, to their bafflement, the Centre orders vast quantities. But once the figures are complete, the Centre recants: there is no market for them. Resigned to idleness Cipriano moves into the soulless megaplex, until late one night he comes across a horrifying secret in the bowels of the artificial city.