Synopsis
A moving and eloquent fable from the 1998 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature offers a unique blend of love and philosophy as a man petitions a boat from the king, finds a crew to volunteer, and sets sail.
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Review
"Saramago writes possibly the most beautiful but certainly the most precise and differentiated Portuguese prose of our time" (Walter Haubrich Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
"Saramago is a writer, like Faulkner, so confident of his resources and ultimate destination that he can bring any improbability to life" (John Updike)
"No candidate for a Nobel Prize has a better claim to lasting recognition than this novelist" (Edmund White)
"He was the equal of Philip Roth, Günter Grass, Thomas Pynchon and Don DeLillo. His genius was remarkably versatile - he was at once a great comic and a writer of shocking earnestness and grim poignancy" (Harold Bloom)
"Saramago is a writer of formidable talent and extraordinary imagination" (La Repubblica)
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A wonderful and witty book, part folk fable, part philosophical tale, by the winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for Literature and the greatest Portuguese writer of his time.
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The Tale of the Unknown Island
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The Tale of the Unknown Island
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Sis, Peter (illustrator). A moving and eloquent fable from the 1998 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature offers a unique blend of love and philosophy as a man petitions a boat from the king, finds a crew to volunteer, and sets sail. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book. Seller Inventory # 123802026
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THE TALE OF THE UNKNOWN ISLAND
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. SIS, Peter (illustrator). First Edition : First Printing. Light blue paper-wrapped binding with gold colored print on spine. Pictorial endpapers. Tight, sound and unmarked. 51 pages. Dust jacket has white background with brown and black print on Front panel and spine. DJ in mylar and not price-clipped ($$ 16.00). Seller Inventory # 014439
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