num_pages: 307
description: Informed that his clay pots and jugs are no longer needed in light of plastic alternatives, elderly potter Cipriano applies his craft to the making of ceramic dolls, but his family's subsequent successes are compromised by a terrible discovery that causes them to leave their home. 75,000 first printing.
language: English
title: The Cave
titlecomplete: The Cave
characters: Cipriano Algor
genres: Fiction, Classics, Portugal, Dystopia, Philosophy, Nobel Prize, Literary Fiction, Literature, Novels, Portuguese Literature
ratings_count: 14370
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
category: Shortlist
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt