The Cave

“[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 ...