10 José Saramago Books to Help You See the World in New Ways

A delightful insight into the formation of an artist who would become one of the world's most respected writers. Born in 1922 in the tiny Portuguese village of Azinhaga, José Saramago was only a baby when his family moved to a series of cramped lodgings in a working-class neighbourhood of Lisbon. Nevertheless, he would return to the village throughout his early life, its river and olive groves seeping deep into his memory.

Small Memories [Book]

14 Enigmatic Facts About Blindness - José Saramago

10 José Saramago Books to Help You See the World in New Ways

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Jose Saramago – One of my Favorite Fiction Writers of the 20th Century (and 21st)

The last novel by Nobel Prize-winner Jos? Saramago, Cain daringly reimagines the characters and narratives of the Old Testament. Saramago's tale runs from the Garden of Eden, when God realizes he has forgotten to give Adam and Eve the gift of speech, to the moment when Noah's Ark lands on the dry peak of Ararat. Cain, the despised, the murderer, is Saramago's protagonist.

Cain [Book]

Blindness” by José Saramago: Another Portent of the Fall of European Civilization, by Muhanad Halvani

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When Dystopia Makes You Cherish Your Life, Blindness by José Saramago

On election day in the capital, it is raining so hard that no one has bothered to come out to vote. The politicians are growing jittery. What's going on? Should they reschedule the elections for another day? Around three o'clock, the rain finally stops. Promptly at four, voters rush to the polling stations, as if they had been ordered to appear. But when the ballots are counted, more than 70 percent are blank. The citizens are rebellious. A state of emergency is declared.

Seeing [Book]

Seven Stories Press

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