# The Stone Raft

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- Book: [The Stone Raft](https://www.bookquiver.com/jose-saramago/the-stone-raft) ([The Stone Raft.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/jose-saramago/the-stone-raft.md))
- Authors: [José Saramago](https://www.bookquiver.com/jose-saramago)
- Publisher: vintage_classics
- ISBN: 978-18-6046-721-9
- Pages: 288
- Published: 2019-12-05
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

What if, one day, Europe was to crack along the length of the Pyrenees, separating Spain and Portugal from the rest of Europe? In Saramago's fable, a new island is sent spinning through the ocean like a great stone raft. While the authorities panic and tourists flee, three men, two women and a dog are drawn together by omens that burden them with a peculiar responsibility. In this magical realist tale, the six take to the road, finding themselves adrift in a world now unfamiliar and forced to reckon with their relationships, human psychology and the shakiness of belief itself.