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Blindness
Book • 1995
In this novel, José Saramago narrates the story of an unexplained mass epidemic of 'white blindness' that suddenly and inexplicably afflicts nearly everyone in an unnamed city.
The government responds by quarantining the blind in an abandoned mental asylum, where social order quickly deteriorates.
The narrative follows a small group of characters, including the 'doctor's wife,' who is the only person to retain her sight.
She guides her group through the harrowing conditions within the asylum and later in the city, as they struggle to survive and maintain some semblance of humanity.
The novel explores themes of social decay, morality, and the resilience of human spirit in the face of catastrophic adversity.
The government responds by quarantining the blind in an abandoned mental asylum, where social order quickly deteriorates.
The narrative follows a small group of characters, including the 'doctor's wife,' who is the only person to retain her sight.
She guides her group through the harrowing conditions within the asylum and later in the city, as they struggle to survive and maintain some semblance of humanity.
The novel explores themes of social decay, morality, and the resilience of human spirit in the face of catastrophic adversity.
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Mentioned by Simon Baron-Cohen as a book he wrote about the idea that some people might be totally blind to someone else's state of mind.
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Ciaran O'Leary as a book that, similar to 'The Road', helps to re-appreciate our bright places by taking the reader to a dark spot.
Ciaran O'Leary as a book that, similar to 'The Road', helps to re-appreciate our bright places by taking the reader to a dark spot.
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