“[The Cave] is yet another triumph . . . for Portugal’s, or even the world’s, greatest novelist. Read it.” — Washington Post
 A genuinely brilliant novel.” — Chicago Tribune
 
Cipriano Algor, an elderly potter, lives with his daughter Marta and her husband Marçal 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 Marçal 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, The Cave is one of the essential books of our time.
  EUROPEAN PRAISE FOR THE CAVE

"A magnificent novel and an allegory of our times."--Diário de Notícias (Portugal)

"Another modest epic of anonymous heroes in extreme situations."--El Periódico (Spain)

PRAISE FOR ALL THE NAMES

"A psychological, even metaphysical thriller that will keep you turning the pages in spite of yourself, and with growing alarm and alacrity."--The Seattle Times

"Reveals a master far from content to rest on his laurels."--The Wall Street Journal

PRAISE FOR BLINDNESS

"This is an important book, one that is unafraid to face all of the horrors of the century."--The New York Times

"A shattering work by a literary master."--The Boston Globe