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Blindness

Paperback • 1999 • English

Blindness

By José Saramago

1 Ratings • 1.0 of 5

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About the book

A city is struck by an epidemic of "white blindness." The first man to succumb sits in his car, waiting for the light to change. He is taken to an eye doctor, who does not know what to make of the phenomenon - and soon goes blind himself. The blindness spreads, sparing no one. Authorities confine the blind to a vacant mental hospital secured by armed guards under instructions to shoot anyone trying to escape. Inside, the criminal element among the blind holds the rest captive: food rations are s...Show more

Classic fiction: general and literary
Dystopian and utopian fiction

Book details

ISBN

9781860466854

Publisher

Harvill Press

Published year

1999

Language

English

Original title

Blindness

Format

Paperback

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