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Blindness

By Jose Saramago

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| Paperback | 9781860466854

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A city is hit by an epidemic of "white blindness" which spares no one. Authorities confine the blind to an empty mental hospital, but there the criminal element holds everyone captive, stealing food rations and raping women. There is one eyewitness to this nightmare who guides seven strangers-among Continue

A city is hit by an epidemic of "white blindness" which spares no one. Authorities confine the blind to an empty mental hospital, but there the criminal element holds everyone captive, stealing food rations and raping women. There is one eyewitness to this nightmare who guides seven strangers-among them a boy with no mother, a girl with dark glasses, a dog of tears-through the barren streets, and the procession becomes as uncanny as the surroundings are harrowing. A magnificent parable of loss and disorientation and a vivid evocation of the horrors of the twentieth century, Blindness has swept the reading public with its powerful portrayal of man's worst appetites and weaknesses-and man's ultimately exhilarating spirit. The stunningly powerful novel of man's will to survive against all odds, by the winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for Literature

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  • Blindness

    A man in driving his car in a city, he stops at traffic lights and is struck blind. So begins BLINDNESS. This is just the start of an epidemic that spreads rapidly throughout country, robbing everyone, for no apparent reason, of their sight. At first ... (read full critics)

    bookgroup published on Tue, 14 Sep 2010

  • N.E.A.R. Review: Blindness, by Jose Saramago

    N.E.A.R. Review: Blindness, by Jose Saramago *N.E.A.R. = Not Exactly A Romance I was asked ages ago to lead a discussion of this book with a group of medical professionals who get together regularly to talk about fiction. The discussion is this eveni ... (read full critics)

    readreactreview published on Tue, 14 Sep 2010

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  • 2 people find this helpful

    'Blindness' , was the title that attracted me during my browsing in the store. It's ordinary, it looks plain, it just seems to be so common to us.
    That's the way we USED to see, when we are not blind. The narration was nothing fancy, but you could feel it was so REAL...you just feel like coming ... (continue)

    'Blindness' , was the title that attracted me during my browsing in the store. It's ordinary, it looks plain, it just seems to be so common to us.
    That's the way we USED to see, when we are not blind. The narration was nothing fancy, but you could feel it was so REAL...you just feel like coming face-to-face with the characters and it TELLS what's down in people's heart. Blindness, allows you to see more than seeing with your eyes.

    One of the most beautiful book I've read.

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    Capheda said on Dec 8, 2007 | Add your feedback

  • 2 people find this helpful

    ..no doubt he won the Nobel Literature, much enthralled by his diaglouless approach, and much illuminated by the fictitous world he depicted..

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    custard said on Jul 27, 2007 | Add your feedback

  • 1 person find this helpful

    *** This comment contains spoilers! ***

    Very, very good; humanity at the base level

    If one can say anything about this book without spoiling some of the elements, I'd say you cannot even move past the first page, so for those paranoid, read no further!

    This is an absolutely marvellous book on a seemingly rampant blindness that leave its victims in a visual sea of milky white. ... (continue)

    If one can say anything about this book without spoiling some of the elements, I'd say you cannot even move past the first page, so for those paranoid, read no further!

    This is an absolutely marvellous book on a seemingly rampant blindness that leave its victims in a visual sea of milky white. Saramago delves into what this blindness means on many levels, foremost individually as well as for society in large, and shows humanity from within its core in a variety of ways.

    To me, this book displays humankind and the surrounding world at the base level. When stripped of sight, our senses are shocked, and then, as through cooking, reduced to display our core values.

    I haven't read Saramago prior to this novel, but I hear his way of writing is the same almost everywhere: long sentences, few punctuations and no quotation marks to show who's saying what in dialogue. It's very interesting, yet I think some may dislike it.

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    Niklas Pivic said on Dec 24, 2008 | Add your feedback

  • Just when I thought it's getting a lil draggy towards the end the story picks up again (2pgs before the back cover of the book!!)
    I love the way the story is being delivered, and it really got me thinking the whole time I was reading: what will I do if I were under the same circumstance?

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    Vickywt said on May 1, 2009 | Add your feedback

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