José Saramago

Giovanni Pontiero

In a mythic adventure and political fable about the contemporary European community, the Iberian peninsula detaches from the Continent and floats off to sea, becoming home to a group of god-like humans

The Stone Raft

One day a rift opens along the border between Spain and France, and the Iberian peninsula floats off across the Atlantic, a great stone raft. But what of the floating population? While the tourists and investors flee, the Spanish and Portuguese escape the coast and wander the inland roads.

Shreerag Plakazhi

I think this is a book that can benefit from reads and re-reads. It's not often I finish a book and I feel that I have read something truly unique. The Stone Raft is confusing, enlightening, endearing and most definitely unique.

The Stone Raft

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