Kapitalismuskritik als Roman. Der alte Cipriano Algor und seine Tochter betreiben eine kleine Töpferei. Sie beliefern einen Supermarkt, bis ihnen mitgeteilt wird, dass Tonwaren überflüssig geworden sind.

Informationen zum Autor José Saramago is one of the most important international writers of the last hundred years. Born in Portugal in 1922, he was in his sixties when he came to prominence as a writer with the publication of Baltasar and Blimunda . A huge body of work followed, translated into more than forty languages, and in 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Saramago died in June 2010. Klappentext New editions of four classic novels from the Nobel Prize winning Portuguese author, who died in 2010. Zusammenfassung Cipriano Algor, an ageing potter, lives with his daughter and her husband in the shadow of the Centre, a nebulous, constantly expanding conglomerate that provides his livelihood until it decrees that it is no longer interested in his humble wares.

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By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 'a novel with impact. . . hope and charm' Independent

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José Saramago is one of the most important international writers of the ***last hundred years. Born in Portugal in 1922, he was in his sixties when he came to prominence as a writer with the publication of Baltasar and Blimunda*. A huge body of work followed, translated into more than forty languages, and in 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Saramago died in June 2010.

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New editions of four classic novels from the Nobel Prize winning Portuguese author, who died in 2010.

Zusammenfassung
Cipriano Algor, an ageing potter, lives with his daughter and her husband in the shadow of the Centre, a nebulous, constantly expanding conglomerate that provides his livelihood until it decrees that it is no longer interested in his humble wares.