A moving and eloquent fable from the 1998 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature offers a unique blend of love and philosophy as a man petitions a boat from the king, finds a crew to volunteer, and sets sail to find an unknown island.
Related: Europe, Nonfiction, Portugal, Young Adult (ages 14-18)
- ISBN: 9780156013031
- Author: Saramago, Jose
- Illustrator: Sis, Peter
- Translator: Costa, Margaret Jull
- Published: 1999
- Themes: Catholicism, Religious figures
- Descriptors: Europe, Nonfiction, Portugal, Young Adult (ages 14-18)