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Blindness (Portuguese: Ensaio sobre a cegueira, meaning Essay on Blindness) is a 1995 novel by the Portuguese author José Saramago. It is one of Saramago's most famous novels, along with The Gospel According to Jesus Christ and Baltasar and Blimunda.
Blindness (Essay on Blindness) is a novel by Portuguese author José Saramago. It is one of his most famous novels, along with The Gospel According to Jesus Christ and Baltasar and Blimunda. In 1998, Saramago received the Nobel Prize for Literature, and Blindness was one of his works noted by the committee when announcing the award.
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.
1 wrz 1998 · In a provocative parable of loss, disorientation, and weakness, a city is hit by an epidemic of "white blindness" whose victims are confined to a vacant mental hospital, while a single eyewitness to the nightmare guides seven oddly assorted strangers through the barren urban landscape. 25,000 first printing. Read more.
A city is hit by an epidemic of "white blindness" that spares no one. The novel follows a group of survivors who try to escape the chaos and violence of the quarantined area.
4 paź 1999 · Book 1 of 2: Blindness. See all formats and editions. Coupon: Apply $1.33 coupon Terms. 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.
A driver goes blind and a contagious epidemic of white blindness spreads in a city. The authorities imprison the blind in an asylum, but a fire breaks out and the blind escape to face a new reality.
