Blindness
In Blindness, a city is overcome by an epidemic of blindness that spares only one woman. She becomes a guide for a group of seven strangers and serves as the eyes and ears for the reader in this profound parable of loss and disorientation. We return to the city years later in Saramago's Seeing, a satirical commentary on government in general and democracy in particular. Together here for the first time, this beautiful edition will be a welcome addition to the library of any Saramago fan.
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- Let me add also Blindness by José Saramago, it has pages-long paragraphs and sentences, characters have no names just descriptions… it’s surprising at first but not hard to get into. Amazing book!
- > The Gospel According to Jesus Christ - Jose Saramago
Have you read Blindness? I liked The Gospel According to Jesus Christ, but personally I liked Blindness a lot more.
- Blindness by José Saramago and The road by Cormac McCarthy.
Both offer a look at how humanity holds up under difficult circumstances. Do not watch the movies, read the books.
- Try Blindness by Saramago. It's kind of science-fictiony in the theme but its literary fiction.
- I read José Saramago and at times felt his writing similar to Vonnegut. Perhaps you’ll like it. Blindness is a good first read.
- Fiction: "Blindness" - Jose Saramago
