El Cuento de La Isla Desconocida (Spanish Edition) - Softcover

José Saramago

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9871106947 ISBN 13: 9789871106943

Publisher: Suma de Letras, 2005

Synopsis

Exquisitely written, this short story is a delicious introduction to Saramago's work. In an imaginary kingdom, a nobel and persistent Portuguese man requests that the king grant him one of his ships to search for an unknown island. If he has his wish fulfilled, the man will sail in search of the unknown island of his dreams. Saramago uses this backdrop for a harsh fable about modern man; he shows us that dreaming is perhaps the real way towards happiness. Description in Un suceso histórico, la intención de un noble portugués de ser autorizado por el rey para utilizar una de sus carabelas en la búsqueda de la isla desconocida, le sirve al autor de pretexto para realizar una fábula descarnada del hombre moderno. Saramago nos muestra que soñar, a veces, es el verdadero camino hacia la felicidad.

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About the Author

JOSE SARAMAGO (1922 2010) was the author of many novels, among them Blindness, All the Names, Baltasarand Blimunda, and The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis. In 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Edition details

• Publisher: Suma de Letras
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN 10: 9871106947
• ISBN 13: 9789871106943
• Binding: Paperback