Blindness by Jos? Saramago (English) Paperback Book

Description: Blindness by José Saramago No food, no water, no government, no obligation, no order.Discover a chillingly powerful and prescient dystopian vision from one of Europes greatest writers. A driver waiting at the traffic lights goes blind. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A chillingly powerful dystopian vision from one of Europes greatest writersNo food, no water, no government, no obligation, no order.Discover a chillingly powerful and prescient dystopian vision from one of Europes greatest writers.A driver waiting at the traffic lights goes blind. An ophthalmologist tries to diagnose his distinctive white blindness, but is affected before he can read the textbooks.It becomes a contagion, spreading throughout the city. Trying to stem the epidemic, the authorities herd the afflicted into a mental asylum where the wards are terrorised by blind thugs. And when fire destroys the asylum, the inmates burst forth and the last links with a supposedly civilised society are snapped.This is not anarchy, this is blindness.Saramago repeatedly undertakes to unite the pressing demands of the present with an unfolding vision of the future. This is his most apocalyptic, and most optimistic, version of that project yet Independent Notes A new edition of the classic novel from the late Portuguese author and Nobel Prize for Literature winner. This is a shattering work by a literary master... Boston Globe Back Cover This is a shattering book by a literary master... A book of real stature Boston Globe A driver waiting at the traffic lights goes blind. An ophthalmologist tries to diagnose his distinctive white blindness, but is affected before he can read the textbooks. It becomes a contagion, spreading throughout the city. Trying to stem the epidemic, the authorities herd the afflicted into a mental asylum where the wards are terrorised by blind thugs. And when fire destroys the asylum, the inmates burst forth and the last links with a supposedly civilised society are snapped. No food, no water, no government, no order. This is not anarchy, this is blindness. TRANSLATED BY GIOVANNI PONTIERO See also: The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis Author Biography Jose Saramago is one of the most important international writers of the last hundred years. Born in Portugal in 1922, he was in his sixties when he came to prominence as a writer with the publication of Baltasar and Blimunda. A huge body of work followed, translated into more than forty languages, and in 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Saramago died in June 2010. Review Extraordinary...a tour de force of thought-experiment and feeling-experiment * Observer *This is a shattering work by a literary master...a book of real stature * Boston Globe *Saramago repeatedly undertakes to unite the pressing demands of the present with an unfolding vision of the future. This is his most apocalyptic, and most optimistic, version of that project yet. * Independent *He writes a prose of particularly luminous intensity, brilliantly rendered into English by his regular translator Giovanni Pontiero...Sweepingly ambitious * The Times *A powerful fable * Scotsman *Saramagos exuberant imagination, capriciousness and clear-sightedness find full expression in this engaging workBlistering, unrelenting, horrifying, yet still somehow luminously redemptive * White Review, *Books of the Year* * Promotional A chillingly powerful dystopian vision from one of Europes greatest writers Review Text Extraordinary...a tour de force of thought-experiment and feeling-experiment Review Quote Extraordinary...a tour de force of thought-experiment and feeling-experiment Promotional "Headline" A chillingly powerful dystopian vision from one of Europes greatest writers Details ISBN009957358X Pages 320 ISBN-10 009957358X ISBN-13 9780099573586 Format Paperback Imprint Vintage Classics Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Media Book DEWEY 869.342 Year 2013 Language English Publisher Vintage Publishing Translated from Portuguese Publication Date 2013-04-04 Replaced by 9781860466854 UK Release Date 2013-04-04 AU Release Date 2013-04-04 NZ Release Date 2013-04-04 Author José Saramago Alternative 9781448180981 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:48479674;

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