# The Lives of Things

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- Book: [The Lives of Things](https://www.bookquiver.com/jose-saramago/the-lives-of-things) ([The Lives of Things.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/jose-saramago/the-lives-of-things.md))
- Authors: [José Saramago](https://www.bookquiver.com/jose-saramago), [Giovanni Pontiero](https://www.bookquiver.com/giovanni-pontiero)
- Publisher: verso
- ISBN: 978-17-8168-086-5
- Pages: 160
- Published: 2013-05-07
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Combining bitter satire, outrageous parody and uncanny hallucinations, this collection of José Saramago’s earliest stories from the beginning of his writing career attests to the novelist’s...