The Cave Games poetry is also revered for

poetry is also revered for its great beauty and the powerful emotions it evokes

who look smart in their new clothes

Originally written in Classical Arabic

sheltered and aristocratic

Though basically inteneded for use as a school textbook

The Cave Games poetry is also revered forCipriano Algor, an ageing potter, lives with his daughter and her husband in the shadow of the Centre, a nebulous, constantly expanding conglomerate that provides his livelihood until it decrees that it is no longer interested in his humble wares. Together with his daughter, they craft a new line of small ceramic figurines and, to their bafflement, the Centre orders vast quantities. But once the figures are complete, the Centre recants: there is no