Blindness
Saramago, José2013
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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.
Main title:
Blindness / José Saramago ; translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero.
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Imprint:
London : Vintage Classic, 2013.
Collation:
320 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
This translation originally published: London: Harvill, 1997.Translated from the Portuguese.
ISBN:
9780099573586 (pbk)
Language:
EnglishPortuguese
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BRN:
2451654