The Blindness Book
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The blindness book. 7 people found this helpful. I thought it was great. Ensaio sobre a cegueira meaning essay on blindness is a novel by the portuguese author josé saramago it is one of saramago s most famous novels along with the gospel according to jesus christ and baltasar and blimunda in 1998 saramago received the nobel prize for literature and blindness was one of his works noted by the committee when announcing the award.
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I want to read more of saramago swork. Blindness reminded me a lot of the works of john wyndham especially his disturbing novel the day of the triffids. The book explores how willful blindness develops and then goes on to outline some of the mechanisms structures and strategies that institutions and individuals can use to combat it.
Blindness is a dark and intense book at times. All the light we cannot see by anthony doerr blindness by josé saramago girl stolen by april henry not if i see you first. Free download or read online blindness pdf epub book.
Books shelved as blindness. From nobel prize winning author josé saramago a magnificent mesmeri. The only other book i ve read by the author is the gospel according to jesus christ so i really didn t know what to expect with blindness.
Reviewed in the united kingdom on november 21 2019. The two books are very different. The first edition of the novel was published in 1995 and was written by jose saramago.
Read 16 299 reviews from the world s largest community for readers. Reviewed in the united kingdom on november 21 2019. I want to read more of saramago swork.
Once he has the blind man home he proceeds to steal the first blind man s car. The main characters of this fiction science fiction story are the doctor blindness the doctor s wife. The book was published in multiple languages including english consists of 326 pages and is available in paperback format.
The books for the blind program is an initiative of the united states national library service for the blind and physically handicapped nls which provides audio recordings of books free of charge to people who are blind or visually impaired. Blindness is a dark and intense book at times. The program has included audio recordings of books since 1934 and digital book efforts began in 1996.
In its wide use of psychological research and examples from history the book has been compared to work by malcolm gladwell and nicholas taleb.
