by José Saramago · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429762136
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In 'Essay on Blindness', José Saramago, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, presents us with a disturbing reflection on the fragility of civilization. The story begins when a man suddenly loses his sight in the middle of traffic. This incident triggers an epidemic of white blindness that spreads rapidly, plunging society into chaos. As blindness spreads, social structures crumble and the most basic survival instincts take control. A group of people, led by the only woman who retains her sight, struggles to maintain their humanity in a world that has become brutal and ruthless. Saramago invites us to reflect on human nature, solidarity and social responsibility in times of crisis.
José de Sousa Saramago was a Portuguese writer. He was the recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony [with which he] continually enables us once again to apprehend an elusory reality." His works, some of which can be seen as allegories, commonly present subversive perspectives on historic events, emphasizing the theopoetic human factor. In 2003 Harold Bloom described Saramago as "the most gifted novelist alive in the world today" and in 2010 said he considers Saramago to be "a permanent part of the Western canon", while James Wood praises "the distinctive tone to his fiction because he narrates his novels as if he were someone both wise and ignorant."
