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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)
Book Description
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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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1999
ISBN 10: 0151005958
ISBN 13: 9780151005956
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ISBN 10: 0151005958
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Hardback. Condition: Fair. Sis, Peter (illustrator). A man went to knock at the king's door and said, Give me a boat. The king's house had many other doors, but this was the door for petitions. Since the king spent all his time sitting at the door for favors (favors being offered to the king, you understand), whenever he heard someone knocking at the door for petitions, he would pretend not to hear . . . Why the petitioner required a boat, where he was bound for, and who volunteered to crew for him, the reader will discover in this delightful fable, a philosophic love story worthy of Swift or Voltaire. Seller Inventory # 00101375561
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Tale of the Unknown Island
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ISBN 10: 0151005958
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Hardback. Condition: Good. Sis, Peter (illustrator). A man went to knock at the king's door and said, Give me a boat. The king's house had many other doors, but this was the door for petitions. Since the king spent all his time sitting at the door for favors (favors being offered to the king, you understand), whenever he heard someone knocking at the door for petitions, he would pretend not to hear . . . Why the petitioner required a boat, where he was bound for, and who volunteered to crew for him, the reader will discover in this delightful fable, a philosophic love story worthy of Swift or Voltaire. Seller Inventory # 00106562410
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The Tale of the Unknown Island
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ISBN 10: 0151005958
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Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Sis, Peter (illustrator). Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 6472629-6