Blindness
Giovanni Pontiero
A city is hit by an epidemic of sudden blindness. The authorities segregate the newly-blind and all who have come into contact with them. It is not long before the criminal element take over, the compound is set on fire and the blind escape - only to find a deserted, looted city.
Posted by bookworm (1 year ago ) a terrific achievment in writing. this book is intense, moving, meaningfull on different levels, human, inhumane, clean and foul. I experienced real pain while reading it and at the same time i cuold not put it aside. The mistake of the author listing in this website should be quickly corrected - it's an insult to any bookworm, however low.
Posted by FeloniousMonk (1 year ago ) I found this book Very interesting, but it's a little intense in places. I thought it was very well done. I can see why Jose Saramago won the nobel prize for literature. I would recommend this book to anyone that would like an intense look at humanity at it's worse and it's best. However I'm not sure why it's listed under Giovanni Pontiero.
Posted by bibliolatrist (1 year ago ) I think Pontiero is the translator?? (Not sure.) But it should be changed to Saramago - no wonder I couldn't find it last week!
Overall, I loved Blindness (much more than The Cave, which I tried after this one.)
It was definitely intense in places -- definitely disturbing, but really eye-opening. I wasn't even bothered by the lack of paragraphs. I recommend to everyone; just be warned it's a little brutal in places.
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