by José Saramago · ALFAGUARA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420461724
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In 'Essay on Lucidity', José Saramago presents us with an intriguing situation during municipal elections in a nameless city, where the majority of the inhabitants decide to exercise their right to vote in an unexpected way. This gesture, interpreted by the government as a threat to democracy, triggers a series of events in which anonymous citizens demonstrate great moral stature in defending their freedom. Saramago, recognized for his lucidity and criticism of power, invites us to reflect on the importance of individuality and the ability to change the world.
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."
