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A driver waiting at the traffic lights goes blind. An opthamologist tries to diagnose his distinctive white blindness, but is affected before he can read the text books. It becomes a contagion, spreading throughout the city. Trying to stem the epidemic the authorities herd the afflicted into a mental asylum where the wards are terrorised by blind thugs. And when fire destroys the asylum the inmates burst forth and the last links with a supposedly civilised society are snapped.
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Blindness, José Saramago
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- Released
- 2008
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- Title
- Blindness
- Language
- English
- Authors
- José Saramago
- Publisher
- Random House
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0099532166
- ISBN13
- 9780099532163
- Series
- Blindness
- Tags
- Fiction, Science Fiction, Classics, Adapted for Film, Post-apocalyptic, Psychological novels, Portugal, Portuguese Literature, Epidemic, Blindness
- First published
- 1995
- Original title
- Ensaio sobre a Cegueira
- Rating
- 4 out of 5
- Description
- A driver waiting at the traffic lights goes blind. An opthamologist tries to diagnose his distinctive white blindness, but is affected before he can read the text books. It becomes a contagion, spreading throughout the city. Trying to stem the epidemic the authorities herd the afflicted into a mental asylum where the wards are terrorised by blind thugs. And when fire destroys the asylum the inmates burst forth and the last links with a supposedly civilised society are snapped.