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La Caverna (Biblioteca Jose Saramago) (urspr publ 2000; utgåvan 2001)

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Cipriano Algor, an elderly potter, lives with his daughter Marta and her husband Maral in a small village on the outskirts of The Center, an imposing complex of shops, apartments, and offices to which Cipriano delivers his pots and jugs every month. On one such trip, 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, and Cipriano and Marta set to work-until the order is cancelled and the three have to move from the village into The Center. When mysterious sounds of digging emerge from beneath their apartment, Cipriano and Maral investigate, and what they find transforms the family's life. Filled with the depth, humor, and the extraordinary philosophical richness that marks each of Saramago's novels, The Cave is one of the essential books of our time.

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Titel:La Caverna (Biblioteca Jose Saramago)
Författare:José Saramago (Författare)
Info:Espanol Santillana Universidad de Salamanca (2001), 454 pages
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La caverna
José Saramago
Publicado: 2000 | 284 páginas
Novela Ciencia ficción

Una pequeña alfarería, un centro comercial gigantesco. Un mundo en rápido proceso de extinción, otro que crece y se multiplica como un juego de espejos donde no parece haber límites para la ilusión engañosa.La caverna habla de un modo de vivir que cada vez va siendo menos el nuestro. Todos los días se extinguen especies animales y vegetales, todos los días hay profesiones que se tornan inútiles, idiomas que dejan de tener personas que los hablen, tradiciones que pierden sentido, sentimientos que se convierten en sus contrarios.Una familia de alfareros comprende que ha dejado de serle necesaria al mundo. Como una serpiente que muda de piel para poder crecer en otra que más adelante también se volverá pequeña, el centro comercial parece decirle a la alfarería: «Muere, ya no necesito de ti».Como es habitual en el conjunto de su obra, en esta novela Saramago plasma su visión del mundo de hoy y de la sociedad humana tal como la vivimos. Y nos recuerda que no cambiaremos de vida si no cambiamos la vida.
  libreriarofer | Jul 20, 2023 |
“Cipriano Algor put the spade down and plunged his two hands into the ashes. He touched the thin and unmistakable roughness of the fired clay. Then, as if he were helping at a birth, he grasped between thumb, forefinger, and middle finger the still buried head of a figurine and pulled it out. It happened to be the nurse. He brushed the ashes from her body and blew on her face, as if he were endowing her with some kind of life, giving to her the breath of his own lungs, the beating of his own heart.” - José Saramago, The Cave

Protagonist Cipriano Algor, an artisan living in the country with his daughter and son-in-law, sells his handmade tableware to the Center. The Center’s agent tells Cipriano his services are no longer required, so he attempts to find another way to make money from his skill as a potter. It is a story of everyday life involving a family, a stray dog, a budding relationship, and how these people deal with change.

This book requires patience, as the meaning of The Cave is not apparent until the end. It is not for anyone looking for plot-driven action. As is typical of Saramago, it is written in stream-of-consciousness without quotation marks or separation of dialogue, so the reader has to keep track mentally. He strings together a series of words to convey many shades of meaning.

It is a story of human (and animal) connections in uncertain times, how people can deceive themselves, and how we maintain our illusions rather than confronting the truth. It is a social commentary on the increasing artificiality of our world. I think it is particularly pertinent to our present time.

I embark annually on a project to read five works from a notable author. This year I picked Portuguese author José Saramago, recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature. This is the fifth of five for the year. I just loved it and am adding it to my list of favorites.

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In case anyone is interested, these are the others I have read. His work is consistently high quality.

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- [b:Blindness|2526|Blindness|José Saramago|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327866409l/2526._SY75_.jpg|3213039] - 4 stars - My Review
- [b:The Stone Raft|39968691|The Stone Raft|José Saramago|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1524777696l/39968691._SY75_.jpg|864507] by [a:José Saramago|1285555|José Saramago|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1497455560p2/1285555.jpg] - 4 stars - My Review
- [b:The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis|38824970|The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis|José Saramago|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1519766070l/38824970._SX50_.jpg|340108] - 4 stars - My Review
- [b:The History of the Siege of Lisbon|13065136|The History of the Siege of Lisbon|José Saramago|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1328325338l/13065136._SX50_.jpg|1109068] - 3 stars - My Review ( )
  Castlelass | Oct 30, 2022 |
this book gave me huge aching smiles on my face. ( )
  J.Flux | Aug 13, 2022 |
Una pequeña alfarería, un centro comercial gigantesco. Un mundo en rápido proceso de extinción, otro que crece y se multiplica como un juego de espejos donde no parece haber límites para la ilusión engañosa. La caverna habla de un modo de vivir que cada vez va siendo menos el nuestro. Todos los días se extinguen especies animales y vegetales, todos los días hay profesiones que se tornan inútiles, idiomas que dejan de tener personas que los hablen, tradiciones que pierden sentido, sentimientos que se convierten en sus contrarios.
  Daniel464 | Mar 11, 2022 |
Come in tutti i suoi romanzi Saramago coniuga cultura e irriverenza per raccontare la società e l’uomo. E così la storia di un vasaio, Cipriano Algor, diventa l’occasione per fornire una rappresentazione della società del consumo, con le sue regole in cui il profitto prevale su tutto. Il cliente di Cipriano Algor è il Centro, un ente indefinito che detta, al proprio interno, le regole dei condomini ma che ha la forza di condizionare anche la vita di chi vive al di fuori del Centro. E, infatti, la tranquilla esistenza dell’artigiano e della sua famiglia, vivono al di fuori dell’ultima cintura, viene stravolta quando il Centro dichiara di non essere più interessata ad acquistare i vasi, in quanto non c’è più domanda. Inizia la contrapposizione tra il desiderio di Cipriano di non abbandonare la sua vita e di continuare a fare il proprio mestiere, di vivere con la figlia e con il suo cane, Trovato, e la tentazione di accettare la proposta del cognato di trasferirsi nel Centro. Alla fine, Cipriano si arrende, ma una volta arrivato al Centro comprende che lo stesso è un luogo di privazione di ogni libertà in cui le abitudini vengono imposte dall’alto. Non c’è un dittatore da abbattere, un nemico da combattere, perché il Centro è del tutto impersonale, è un ente burocratico. E alla fine del romanzo l’artigiano e la figlia si avvicinano ad una caverna dove ci sono sei persone incatenate che raffigurano metaforicamente le statuine che lui ha prodotto in luogo dei vasi. Sono ciechi, sono senza vita, la caverna è quella di Platone, quella in cui gli uomini non riescono ad andare oltre alle illusioni delle proprie ombre. E il libro si conclude con un manifesto in cui il Centro comunica che a breve saranno in vendita i biglietti per accedere alla caverna di Platone. È un libro in cui la consueta intensità della scrittura e della narrazione di Saramago lascia il segno, ma la storia appassiona e la lettura procede senza sforzi eccessivi. E davvero non mancano gli spunti di riflessione. ( )
  grandeghi | Sep 19, 2021 |
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Cipriano Algor would like to go on luxuriating in the tranquility of his bed, to take advantage of that delicious morning sleep, which, perhaps because we are vaguely aware of it, is alway the most restoring.
Moments never arrive either late or early, they merely arrive at the right time for them, not for us, there is no need to feel grateful when what they propose happens to coincide with what we need.
...some people spend their entire lives reading but never get beyond reading the words on the page, they don't understand that the words are merely stepping stones placed across a fast-flowing river, and the reason they're there is so that we can reach the farther shore, it's the other side that matters...unless each reader is his or her own shore, and that shore is the only shore worth reaching. (p.62)
...very few people are aware that in each of our fingers...there is a tiny brain...the organ which we call the brain...has only ever had very general, vague, diffuse and, above all, unimaginative ideas about what the hands and fingers should do....the fingers are not born with brains, these develop gradually with the passage of time and with the help of what the eyes see....(p.66-67)
only with the invisible knowledge of the fingers will one ever be able to paint the infinite fabric of dreams. (p.68)
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Cipriano Algor, an elderly potter, lives with his daughter Marta and her husband Maral in a small village on the outskirts of The Center, an imposing complex of shops, apartments, and offices to which Cipriano delivers his pots and jugs every month. On one such trip, 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, and Cipriano and Marta set to work-until the order is cancelled and the three have to move from the village into The Center. When mysterious sounds of digging emerge from beneath their apartment, Cipriano and Maral investigate, and what they find transforms the family's life. Filled with the depth, humor, and the extraordinary philosophical richness that marks each of Saramago's novels, The Cave is one of the essential books of our time.

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