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When the Iberian Peninsula breaks free of Europe and begins to drift across the North Atlantic, five people are drawn together on the newly formed island-first by surreal events and then by love.

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When Joana Carda scatched the ground with the elm branch all the dogs of Cerbere began to bark, throwing the inhabitants into panic and terror, because from time immemorial it was believed that, when these canine creatures that had always been silent started to bark, the entire universe was nearing its end.

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  1. José Saramago (Author)

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  1. Giovanni Pontiero

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Original Language: Portuguese
Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Co.
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 0151851980
Page Count: 300

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