. . . "The Lives of Things"@en . "The Lives of Things is a short story collection by Portuguese novelist and Nobel-prize winner Jose Saramago. It was originally published in 1978 in Portuguese under the title Objecto Quase. This article refers to the English translation by Giovanni Pontiero, published by Verso in 2012."@en . "978-1-84467-878-5" . "145"^^ . . .