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Blindness

José Saramago

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Original title: Ensaio sobre a Cegueira. Translated in English in 1997.

A city is hit by an epidemic of sudden blindness. The authorities segregate the newly-blind and all who have come into contact with them. It is not long before the criminal element take over, the compound is set on fire and the blind escape – only to find a deserted, looted city.

Published
1995
Original title
Ensaio sobre a Cegueira
Translated by
Giovanni Pontiero
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