Gripping, Stirring and Fascinating- a book to keep around
chronic book buyer, an avid reader, philosophical, college student, a fiction reader, Open-minded
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2008
In his writing, Saramago is not the easiest to read. He tends to ignore the need for punctuation or clearly identifying who is speaking when. One sentence can span an entire page. He will confuse you; he will lose you; he will pull you back in. It is in the gaps and inclarities (this probably isn't a real word) that you get a deeper meaning. It's really beautiful.
Blindness is a novel worth giving a try. The premise: suddenly, an entire city (it has been disputed which city but most consider it to be Lisbon) starts going blind, one by one. Man descends back into a brutal form and we see the disintegration and become a part of it. There are main characters, the first several people who go blind. I read this in a class and found it to be surprisingly uplifting, although everyone else thought it was sad and pessimist but that's for you to decide. The premise is interesting, the way he writes is something I adore, and what he demonstrates about the power and nature of people is...something else. If you want to be a little confused but read a really powerful novel, this is the one.
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