the Stunningly Powerful Novel Of Man S Will To Survive Against All Odds, By The Winner Of The 1998 Nobel Prize For Literature.
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.
james Wood
. . .[t]he Story. . .lives In The Spread Of Its Particulars, And In The Conviction Of Its Allegory. . . .we Are All . ..confirming Ourselves By Closing Our Eyes And Thinking Of Each Other. the New Republic
Categories:
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Science Fiction
- Crime & Mystery
- Science Fiction
Publisher : HarperVia
Author : Saramago, José
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :1999-10-04
Number Of Pages : 352
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 0156007754
ISBN-13 : 9780156007757
Item weight : 0.45 lb
Dimensions : 1 in x 5.2 in x 7.7 in
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