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Blindness

Blindness

by Jose Saramago  •  Giovanni Pontiero (Translator)

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 327 PAGES

A Nobel Prize-winning novel from the acclaimed Portuguese novelist, Jose Saramago. In this challenging and disturbing allegory, an epidemic of "white blindness" strikes an anonymous city, preventing an entire society from seeing -- except for one woman. As more and more people fall victim to the blindness, chaos, anarchy and terror roam the city's streets, revealing a terrible side of human nature.  (PGL19, $15.00)


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