by José Saramago · ALFAGUARA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420460628
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In 'The Cave', José Saramago presents a reflection on the contemporary world through the story of a family of potters who face the obsolescence of their craft in the face of the advance of a gigantic shopping center. The novel explores themes such as the extinction of traditions, the loss of identity, and the need to adapt to a constantly changing world. With his characteristic style, Saramago invites us to question our way of life and to seek a deeper meaning in an environment increasingly dominated by illusion and consumerism. This edition belongs to the 'Biblioteca Saramago' and features the translation by Pilar del Río Sánchez.
José de Sousa Saramago was a Portuguese writer. He was the recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony [with which he] continually enables us once again to apprehend an elusory reality." His works, some of which can be seen as allegories, commonly present subversive perspectives on historic events, emphasizing the theopoetic human factor. In 2003 Harold Bloom described Saramago as "the most gifted novelist alive in the world today" and in 2010 said he considers Saramago to be "a permanent part of the Western canon", while James Wood praises "the distinctive tone to his fiction because he narrates his novels as if he were someone both wise and ignorant."
