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ﺣﻮاﻟﻲ ﻧﻴﻢ روز ﻫﻤﺮاه ﺑﺎ ﺟﺬر درﻳﺎ "ﺟﺰﻳﺮهي ﻧﺎﺷﻨﺎﺧﺘﻪ" ﺳﺮاﻧﺠﺎم ﺑﻪ درﻳﺎ زد. براي ﻳﺎﻓﺘﻦ ﺧﻮدش.
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The Tale of the Unknown Island
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Nobel Prize–winning author Saramago departs from his usual dense, linguistic style to write a "mischievous and thoughtful satire on ruling elites and bold dreamers, cast in the form of revisionist fairy-tale" ( Kirkus Reviews ).
"A man went to knock at the king's door and said, Give me a boat. The king's house had many other doors, but this was the door for petitions. Since the king spent all his time sitting at the door for favors (favors being offered to the king, you understand), whenever he heard someone knocking at the door for petitions, he would pretend not to hear . . ."
Why the petitioner required a boat, where he was bound for, and who volunteered to crew for him, the reader will discover in this delightful fable, a philosophic love story worthy of Swift or Voltaire.
"A man went to knock at the king's door and said, Give me a boat. The king's house had many other doors, but this was the door for petitions. Since the king spent all his time sitting at the door for favors (favors being offered to the king, you understand), whenever he heard someone knocking at the door for petitions, he would pretend not to hear . . ."
Why the petitioner required a boat, where he was bound for, and who volunteered to crew for him, the reader will discover in this delightful fable, a philosophic love story worthy of Swift or Voltaire.
51 pages, Paperback
First published January 1,1997
This edition
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51 pages, Paperback
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October 5, 2000 by Mariner Books
- ISBN
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9780156013031
- ASIN
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0156013037
- Language
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English
About the author
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José de Sousa Saramago (16 November 1922 – 18 June 2010) was a Portuguese novelist and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature, for his "parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony [with which he] continually enables us once again to apprehend an elusory reality." His works, some of which have been seen as allegories, commonly present subversive perspectives on historic events, emphasizing the theopoetic. In 2003 Harold Bloom described Saramago as "the most gifted novelist alive in the world today."
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This is such a positive short story, and although I realize that sailing in search of the Unknown Island is just a metaphor for self-discovery, it made me want to go sailing too.
There are about 1500 reviews that summarize the plot and, since The Tale of the Unknown Island is anyways an allegory, I'll simply skip to the meaning. What is great about José Saramago is that he never lets the reader wonder what he intended to say: "I want to find the unknown island, I want to find out who I am when I'm there on that island, Don't you know, If you don't step outside yourself, you'll never discover who you are."
So it all boils down to this: in a world in which most people take delight in believing that there is nothing left to be discovered, the greatest mystery and exploration of all is ourselves.
Just a great read, even if Mr. Saramago's writing style is not for everyone.
There are about 1500 reviews that summarize the plot and, since The Tale of the Unknown Island is anyways an allegory, I'll simply skip to the meaning. What is great about José Saramago is that he never lets the reader wonder what he intended to say: "I want to find the unknown island, I want to find out who I am when I'm there on that island, Don't you know, If you don't step outside yourself, you'll never discover who you are."
So it all boils down to this: in a world in which most people take delight in believing that there is nothing left to be discovered, the greatest mystery and exploration of all is ourselves.
Just a great read, even if Mr. Saramago's writing style is not for everyone.
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Büyülü bir anlatım... Masalsı bir öykü.
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Kitaptan notlar:
-tKim olduğunu bilmiyorsan kendin olabilmen mümkün değildir.
-tBilinmeyen Ada nihayet denize açılmış, kendini aramak amacıyla.
* Kitapta nokta ve virgülden başka noktalama işareti kullanılmaması açıkçası benim kitabı daha dikkatle okumamı sağladı. Anlatılan sadece bir öykü değil yani.
* Ve çizimler kitaba ayrı bir hava katmış.
* Ama kitapta böylece bitmeseymiş ya :)
* Herkese bol okumalı geceler :)
-tKim olduğunu bilmiyorsan kendin olabilmen mümkün değildir.
-tBilinmeyen Ada nihayet denize açılmış, kendini aramak amacıyla.
* Kitapta nokta ve virgülden başka noktalama işareti kullanılmaması açıkçası benim kitabı daha dikkatle okumamı sağladı. Anlatılan sadece bir öykü değil yani.
* Ve çizimler kitaba ayrı bir hava katmış.
* Ama kitapta böylece bitmeseymiş ya :)
* Herkese bol okumalı geceler :)
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-“El filósofo del rey, cuando no tenía nada que hacer, se sentaba junto a mí, para verme zurcir las medias de los pajes. Y a veces le daba por filosofar, decía que todo hombre es una isla, yo, como aquello no iba conmigo, visto que soy mujer, no le daba importancia, ¿tú qué crees?
-Que es necesario salir de la isla para ver la isla, que no nos vemos si no nos salimos de nosotros.”
-Que es necesario salir de la isla para ver la isla, que no nos vemos si no nos salimos de nosotros.”
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« (...) Se não sais de ti, não chegas a saber quem és (...) »
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Sweet little fairytale, about finding oneself and finding love. This has been turned into a one-hour play at the Gate Theatre which I saw last night - but frankly I prefer the book version. As with the radio, "the pictures are better." (But they did serve olives, bread and wine to everyone in the audience, which was kind of nice!)
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