{"product_id":"the-cave-9780156028790","title":"The Cave","description":"\u003cb\u003e\" \u003ci\u003eThe Cave\u003c\/i\u003e] is yet another triumph . . . for Portugal's, or even the world's, greatest novelist. Read it.\" -- \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A genuinely brilliant novel.\" -- \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Cipriano Algor, an elderly potter, lives with his daughter Marta and her husband Mar al in a small village on the outskirts of The Center, an imposing complex of shops and apartments to which Cipriano delivers his wares. One day, he is told not to make any more deliveries. Unwilling to give up his craft, Cipriano tries his hand at making ceramic dolls. Astonishingly, The Center places an order for hundreds. But just as suddenly, the order is canceled and the penniless three have to move from the village into The Center. When mysterious sounds of digging emerge from beneath their new apartment, Cipriano and Mar al investigate; what they find transforms the family's life. Filled with the depth, humor, and extraordinary philosophical richness that marks all of Saramago's novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Cave\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the essential books of our time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCosta, Margaret Jull:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eMARGARET JULL COSTA has established herself as the premier translator of Portuguese literature into English today.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaramago, José:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJOSÉ SARAMAGO (1922-2010) was the author of many novels, among them \u003ci\u003eBlindness, All the Names, Baltasar and Blimunda, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis.\u003c\/i\u003e In 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50652099051794,"sku":"9780156028790","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_89ad252c-d6a1-489f-a285-5e8d7f93d003.jpg?v=1733317501","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-cave-9780156028790","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}