Blindness (International Edition) by Jose Saramago

Blindness (International Edition) by Jose Saramago

A stunningly powerful novel of humanity's will to survive against all odds during an epidemic by a winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

An International Bestseller - This is a shattering work by a literary master.--Boston Globe

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, Blindness has swept the reading public with its powerful portrayal of our worst appetites and weaknesses--and humanity's ultimately exhilarating spirit.

This is a an important book, one that is unafraid to face all of the horror of the century.--Washington Post

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
A Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year

Jose Saramago (Azinhaga, 1922-Tias, Lanzarote, 2010) es uno de los escritores portugueses mas conocidos y apreciados en el mundo entero. En Espana, a partir de la primera publicacion de El ano de la muerte de Ricardo Reis, en 1985, su trabajo literario recibio la mejor acogida de los lectores y de la critica. Otros titulos importantes son Manual de pintura y caligrafia, Levantado del suelo, Memorial del convento, Casi un objeto, La balsa de piedra, Historia del cerco de Lisboa, El Evangelio segun Jesucristo, Ensayo sobre la ceguera, Todos los nombres, La caverna, El hombre duplicado, Ensayo sobre la lucidez, Las intermitencias de la muerte, El viaje del elefante, Cain, Claraboya y Alabardas. Alfaguara ha publicado tambien Poesia completa, Cuadernos de Lanzarote I y II, Viaje a Portugal, el relato breve El cuento de la isla desconocida, el cuento infantil La flor mas grande del mundo, el libro autobiografico Las pequenas memorias, El Cuaderno, Jose Saramago en sus palabras, un repertorio de declaraciones del autor recogidas en la prensa escrita, El ultimo cuaderno y Que hareis con este libro. Teatro completo. Recibio el Premio Camoens y el Premio Nobel de Literatura.

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ISBN 13	9780156035477
ISBN 10	0156035472
Title	Blindness (International Edition)
Author	Jose Saramago
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Harcourt Children's Books
Year published	2008-05-01
Number of pages	432
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