Blindness / José Saramago ; translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero.

By:

Saramago, José

Contributor(s):

Pontiero, Giovanni [trl]

Material type:

TextLanguage: English Original language: Provençal (to 1500) Series: Vintage classicsPublication details: London : Vintage Books, 2013.Description: 309 p. ; 20 cmISBN:

9780099573586

Subject(s):

Blind -- Fiction

DDC classification:

Summary: A driver waiting at the traffic lights goes blind. An opthamologist 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.

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A driver waiting at the traffic lights goes blind. An opthamologist 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.

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