Bibliograph

Blindness, José Saramago ; translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. Seeing / translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa

Type

Label

Blindness, José Saramago ; translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. Seeing / translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Blindness

Oclc number

651911312

Responsibility statement

José Saramago ; translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. Seeing / translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa

Summary

Blindness : A city is hit by an epidemic of "white blindness" whose victims are confined to a vacant mental hospital, while a single eyewitness to the nightmare guides seven oddly assorted strangers through the barren urban landscapeSeeing : Four years after a bizarre blindness plague hits the capital, the political arena is thrown into turmoil when election day is marked by an unprecedented turnout of blank ballots and rebellious acts that prompt a state of emergency declaration

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Blindness; Seeing

Classification