Death With Interruptions

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• Book review: Jose Saramago's *Death with Interruptions*

  Death with Interruptions Jose Saramago Mariner Paperback 256 pages September 2009 Click here to read reviewer Damian Kelleher's take on Death with Interruptions. Everything about Death with Interruptions makes it sound like a difficult, stuffy, and u ... (read full critics)

  curledup published on Tue, 7 Sep 2010

• Book review: Jose Saramago's *Death with Interruptions*

  Death with Interruptions Jose Saramago Mariner Paperback 256 pages September 2009 Click here to read reviewer Max Falkowitz's take on Death with Interruptions. It is nearing the end of the first day of the New Year, and nobody has died. The Queen Mot ... (read full critics)

  curledup published on Tue, 7 Sep 2010

6 Reviews

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  Extremely boring. And I simply hate Saramago's writing.

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  Demonio Pellegrino said on Apr 13, 2011 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

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  What if death took a holiday?

  Surprisingly interesting "what if" book regarding the absence of death. Saramago adapts his style and punctuation to suit the topic of course. This book actually made me consider what would happen if nobody died - it isn't as wonderful as it might sound. The ending was a surprise but well suited ... (continue)

  Surprisingly interesting "what if" book regarding the absence of death. Saramago adapts his style and punctuation to suit the topic of course. This book actually made me consider what would happen if nobody died - it isn't as wonderful as it might sound. The ending was a surprise but well suited to the book. Nice book for the thinking person.

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  Bibliophile said on Mar 19, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  superb!!! love it! and i always wonder how Jose Saramago can manage to write in such long sentences, without quotation marks and things like that, but we readers are still drawn to read it with ease. an abosolutely intriguing novel!

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  Shermaine said on Oct 22, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  I've only read one other Saramago book (The Double) and like that, this book is hard to get into. It actually took me over a month to battle through.

  It's well worth it though, with a few twists to keep you thoroughly kept. I'm still a bit baffled by the ending though - seems almost like a ro ... (continue)

  I've only read one other Saramago book (The Double) and like that, this book is hard to get into. It actually took me over a month to battle through.

  It's well worth it though, with a few twists to keep you thoroughly kept. I'm still a bit baffled by the ending though - seems almost like a romantic comedy!

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  Claire said on Jun 17, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  This absolutely worked. While I thought some of his other recent works, ('Seeing' for example ) didn't seem as fresh as the earlier work (Siege of Lisbon is a personal favorite), this manages to surprise and entertain on every page. The discursive, convoluted voice Saramago adopts for this novel is ... (continue)

  This absolutely worked. While I thought some of his other recent works, ('Seeing' for example ) didn't seem as fresh as the earlier work (Siege of Lisbon is a personal favorite), this manages to surprise and entertain on every page. The discursive, convoluted voice Saramago adopts for this novel is perfect in making a fascinating, illuminating novel out of a plot that, in lesser hands, would be little more than an incredible fable.

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  huntch said on Apr 17, 2009 | Add your feedback

• Fresh out of the oven, the 2008 Saramago book.
  Title alone is tantalizing enough.
  A must get!

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  razor's edge said on Nov 17, 2008 | Add your feedback

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• ISBN-10: 0151012741
• ISBN-13: 9780151012749
• Publisher: Harcourt
• Pub date: Sep 15, 2008
• Also available as: Paperback and Others
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