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Blindness

By José Saramago
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By José Saramago
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A searing fable following a society falling into a bout of blindness raises a terrifying question: how would we treat our neighbors in need, and what would we sacrifice for them? A fascinating study into empathy and individualism, Nobel Prize-winning author José Saramago doesn’t shy away from the horrors – and possible hopes – of humanity.  

A stunningly powerful novel of man's will to survive against all odds, by the winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for Literature. “This is a shattering work by a literary master.”—The Boston GlobeA New York Times Notable Book of the Year A Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year
A city is hit by an epidemic of "white blindness" which spares no one. Authorities confine the blind to an empty mental hospital, but there the criminal element holds everyone captive, stealing food rations and raping wo...

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