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Saramago called himself "the involuntary playwright" because he always felt that his contribution to the theatrical genre was marked by random circumstances. But, even so, his creative genius gave birth to the five works that are brought together in this volume: La noche (1979), What will I do with this book? (1980), The Second Life of Francis of Assisi (1987), In Nomine Dei (1993) and Don Giovanni or The Dissolute Absolved (2005). With the depth typical of all his work -although covered with an apparent simplicity-, the author's irony and the sharpness of his reflections shine in these masterful pieces. The great heroes give way to simple men and women who, from the honesty and firmness of their convictions, fight for freedom, justice and a better future. Set in different times and places that range from the Portugal of the triumph of the Carnation Revolution or the Renaissance of the poet Camões to the Germany of the Lutheran reform, the Italy of don Giovanni or the relocated timelessness of a growing company, in them the great questions that characterize the thought of the Portuguese Nobel Prize are exposed without trials or sentences. They are part of a dialogue that Saramago maintains forever, from each of the pages he wrote, with his readers.