The Stone Raft

The Stone Raft (Portuguese Original Title: A Jangada de Pedra ) is a novel from 1986 by José Saramago. The Iberian peninsula separates itself from the rest of Europe. The work has been translated into more than twenty languages ​​and filmed under its original title in 2002 by George Sluizer for the cinema.

The geographical separation is an allusion Saramago's European integration, in which the Iberian countries outside before remained in his view, and not culturally, socially or economically identified with the rest of the continent.

The drastic event for which there is no scientific explanation, preceded by four other supernatural that those individuals who are affected by them merge. Joana Carda, Joaquim Sassa, Jose and Maria Anaico Guavaira, Pedro Orce and a dog embark on a long journey in search of something calm their souls, because they feel guilty for what had happened.