text: Saramago 's novels often deal with fantastic scenarios , such as that in his 1986 novel The Stone Raft , in which the Iberian Peninsula breaks off from the rest of Europe and sails around the Atlantic Ocean .
simplified: Saramago uses for his works fantastic scenarios . In his 1986 novel , The Stone Raft , the Iberian Peninsula breaks off from the rest of Europe and sails about the Atlantic Ocean .