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| View Larger Image | Blindness | Hardcoverby Jose (Author) Saramago (Author)
| 3 New starting at: | $35.50 |
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| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | Harcourt | | Page Count: | 304 Pages | | Publication Date: | 1999 | | Sales Rank: | 414,714th |
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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 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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I'd like to see a braille version by Robert Benn (Portland, ME USA)  3 Stars
November 07, 2009
Not a bad book, but perhaps not as good as the 'Nobel Prize for Literature' would lead you to believe. "Blindness" is a good balance of commentary on human nature and prose. Saramago's style uses only periods and commas, blending the voice of the narrator with that of the characters. It can be a bit distracting at first, but you soon get used to it, and appreciate it as a reflection of the way the characters hear each other. A little violent, a little post-apocalyptic, it's worth buying used.
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