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The cave

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Cipriano Algor, an aging 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.

Together with his daughter, they craft a new line of small ceramic figurines and, to their bafflement, the Centre orders cast quantities.

But once the figures are complete, the Centre recants: there is no market for them.

Resigned to idleness, Cipriano moves to a soulless megaplex, until late one night he comes across a horrifying secret in the bowels of the artificial city. "The Cave" is a harrowing, joyful masterpiece: an Orwellian nightmare, a family fable and an uplifting love story.

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Vintage Classics
0099449153 / 9780099449157
Paperback / softback
869.342
06/11/2003
United Kingdom
English
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294 p.
20 cm
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Reprint. This translation originally published: London: Harvill, 2002.