"the stone raft in salir "a work in progress.

The Stone Raft is a story by Jose Saramago, it is about "cause and effect", the Iberian penninsular separates from Europe and floats off towards the Azores? Why?Joana Carda a Portuguese woman scratches a mark on the ground and at the same time..... all the dogs in Cerberes began to bark....at the same time a man in Portugal called Joaquim Sassa picks up a stone and skims it across some water...at the same time Pedro Orce stands up from his chair and the earth trembles...at the same time Jose Anaico sees an enormous flock of starlings.....at the same time Maria Guavaira goes to her attic and finds an old sock....at the same time a crack appears in the Pyrenees........what happens next?