Saramago originally refused to sell the rights for a film adaptation, but the producers were able to acquire it with the condition that the film would be set in an unnamed and unrecognizable city. Saramagos chilling thriller about an epidemic of white blindness that affects everyone in its path is a truly remarkable tale of loss and a metaphor for the horrors of humankind. Blindness by jose saramago is very different from anything i have ever read before. A city is hit by a sudden and strange epidemic of white blindness, which spares no one. Blindness is perhaps the most known writing by jose saramago. We were already blind the moment we turned blind, fear struck us blind, fear will keep us blind. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Governments and churches may fall, custodians of the peace may falter, but saramago keeps his focus on his small cast of characters. Jose saramago uses a unique way of writing to tell the story of blindness.
There is one eyewitness to this nightmare who guides seven strangersamong them a boy with no mother. Blindness is a fantastic book, the best i have read in a long time. From nobel prizewinning author jose saramago, a magnificent, mesmeri. Saramago quickly introduces the malady, recounting the first infection within the first few pages of the novel. The first man to succumb sits in his car, waiting for the light to change. For that alone, and for so much else beyond that, blindness is a book to be treasured, and jose saramago is a writer to be admired. Jose saramago has 208 books on goodreads with 3366857 ratings. Blindness audiobook, written by jose saramago audio editions a city is hit by an epidemic of white blindness which spares no one.
The blindness in the platonic allegory serves as a barrier to understanding just as the blindness in the novel is itself something incomprehensible the doctors are baffled as to its cause, how it spreads and what can stop it. Blindness reminds us to look, and more than that, to see clearly all those things around us that we hold dear. Jose saramagos writing style is unique and, at times, very dense given that he largely dispenes with paragraphs and character names, but well worth persevering with. In saramagos blindness, a vision of human nature jose saramago tells the grim tale of a city devastated by an epidemic of blindness. Myla goldberg says saramago vividly illustrates disasters.
I liked the earlier book of course, but i think seeing is much more witty and intelligent, and the satire inherent in. Download and keep this book for free with a 30 day trial. There is one eyewitness to this nightmare who guides seven strangersamong. Saramago is a nobel laureate, so i think we have to credit him with having insight worthy of our attention.
He is taken to an eye doctor, who does not know what to make of the phenomenon and soon goes blind himself. Some years ago a reliable friend told me i should read jose saramagos blindness. Much of the action of this book takes place in a hospital where the blind and contaminated are placed in quarantine. From nobel prizewinning author jose saramago, a magnificent, mesmerizing parable of loss. Blindness by jose saramago the 529th greatest fiction book. Blindness audiobook by jose saramago 9781602834453. This is a an important book, one that is unafraid to face all of the horror of the century. Blindness free pdf, doc, fb2, rtf free download ebook.
Blindness unabridged blindness unabridged audiobook, by jose saramago. There is one eyewitness to this nightmare who guides seven strangersamong them a boy with no mother, a girl with dark glasses, a dog of tearsthrough the barren. Blindness book chicago public library bibliocommons. The novel is hugely rewarding and saramago tells us much about the dangers we face today and the facile political assumptions, such as democracy and law and order, that so many of us take for granted. It is one of his most famous novels, along with the gospel according to jesus christ and baltasar and blimunda. This page contains details about the fiction book blindness by jose saramago published in 1998. Written by jose saramago, narrated by jonathan davis. The first being blindness, which was turned into a movie starring julianne moore, danny glover, and mark ruffalo, just to name a few, and surprisingly, it wasnt a bad take on the story. The first edition of the novel was published in 1995, and was written by jose saramago. In 1998 he was awarded the nobel prize for literature. Death with interruptions audiobook by margaret jull costa. Written by margaret jull costa translator, jose saramago, audiobook narrated by paul baymer. Analysis of blindness by jose saramago english literature essay.
Blindness premiered as the opening film at the cannes film festival on may 14, 2008, and the film was released in the united states on october 3, 2008. A city is hit by an epidemic of white blindness that spares no one. Ensaio sobre a cegueira, meaning essay on blindness is a novel by portuguese author jose saramago. The blindness of the novel operates in this same allegorical vein, using blindness as a metaphor for ignorance. Blindness audiobook free blindness audiobook download written by. Authorities confine the blind to an empty mental hospital, but there the criminal element holds everyone captive, stealing food rations, and assaulting women. Dec 20, 2015 jose saramago 19222010 was the author of many novels, among them blindness, all the names, baltasar and blimunda, and the year of the death of ricardo reis.
Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. Apr 14, 2006 seeing by jose saramago, translated by margaret jull costa 352pp, harvill secker. The famous portuguese author jose saramago paints a cold and halting portrait of what it would be like were blindness suddenly contagious. A magnificent parable of loss and disorientation, blindness has swept the reading public with its powerful portrayal of our worst appetites and weaknessesand humanitys ultimately exhilarating spirit. Originally published in english in great britain in 1997 by the harvill press a city is struck by an epidemic of white blindness. The embattled relationships among the people of a city mysteriously struck by an epidemic of blindness form the core of this superb novel by the internationally acclaimed saramago, the portugese author of, most recently, the history of the siege of lisbon 1997. And that is, as the book will let you know in the first page, what happens if you, me, and almost everyone goes blind. Read this years ago when it came out the first saramago book i ever read. In this work, entitled essay on or about blindness, jose saramago proposes a simple element with which he chooses to explore human traits. Authorities confine the blind to an empty mental hospital, but there the criminal element holds everyone captive, stealing food rations and raping women. One of the most enjoyable features of blindness is the writing style, which is at one both personal and almost documentary. The book revolves around a group of seven people trying to survive in world where blindness rules. Its difficult to explain without giving too much of the plot away, so ill stick to generalisations.
Pdf blindness book by jose saramago free download 326. In 1998, saramago received the nobel prize for literature, and blindness was one of his works noted by the committee when announcing the award. Blindness audiobook, written by jose saramago audio editions. This book is a sequel to the more popularly known blindness. Authorities confine the blind to an empty mental hospital, but there social conventions quickly crumble and the struggle for survival brings out the worst in people. Listen to blindness a novel by jose saramago available from rakuten kobo. Written by jose saramago, audiobook narrated by jonathan davis. Translated by giovanni pontiero read by jonathan davis a city is hit by an epidemic of white blindness which spares no one.
Blindness is the story of an unexplained mass epidemic of blindness afflicting nearly everyone in an unnamed. A city is hit by an epidemic of white blindness which spares no one. Activists for the blind have protested saramagos portrayal of the sightlessa particularly unfortunate turn for this audiobook, considering its excellent execution. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. It explored the crumble of a city and its increasing moral decay due to its residents being afflicted. Blindness audiobook free blindness audiobook download. There is one eyewitness to this nightmare who guides seven strangersamong them a boy with no mother, a girl with dark glasses, a dog of. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 326 pages and is available in paperback format. Aug 23, 20 jose saramago 19222010 was the author of many novels, among them blindness, all the names, baltasar and blimunda, and the year of the death of ricardo reis. Blindness, a novel by portuguese author jose saramago, depicts the dystopian outcome of a plague of white blindness, clunky a mysterious disease that eventually becomes known among the novels characters as the white evil. Jose saramago death with interruptions full audiobook youtube. Blindness by jose saramago the 529th greatest fiction. Free download or read online blindness pdf epub book. Blindness npr coverage of blindness by jose saramago, giovanni pontiero, and giovanni pontiero.