Blindness

Informationen zum Autor José Saramago is one of the most important international writers of the last hundred years. Born in Portugal in 1922, he was in his sixties when he came to prominence as a writer with the publication of Baltasar and Blimunda . A huge body of work followed, translated into more than forty languages, and in 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Saramago died in June 2010. Klappentext A new edition of the classic novel from the late Portuguese author and Nobel Prize for Literature winner. 'This is a shattering work by a literary master...' "Boston Globe" Zusammenfassung No food, no water, no government, no obligation, no order. Discover a chillingly powerful and prescient dystopian vision from one of Europe's greatest writers. A driver waiting at the traffic lights goes blind.

About the author

José Saramago is one of the most important international writers of the last hundred years. Born in Portugal in 1922, he was in his sixties when he came to prominence as a writer with the publication of Baltasar and Blimunda. A huge body of work followed, translated into more than forty languages, and in 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Saramago died in June 2010.

Report

Extraordinary...a tour de force of thought-experiment and feeling-experiment Observer

Product details

• Authors: Jose Saramago, José Saramago
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.04.2013
• EAN: 9780099573586
• ISBN: 978-0-09-957358-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Vintage Classics; Vintage Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Portugiesische SchriftstellerInnen: Werke (div.), FICTION / Literary, Fiction in translation, Modern and contemporary fiction