Blindness
“Blindness” by José Saramago is a thought-provoking narrative published by Vintage on November 13, 2008. This edition, comprising 309 pages, explores a city grappling with an epidemic of “white blindness” that begins with a man waiting in his car. As the affliction spreads rapidly, it leads to chaos and societal breakdown, forcing the authorities to confine the afflicted in a vacant mental hospital under strict military control.
Readers will find a stark portrayal of human behavior in the face of crisis, as the story delves into the struggles of those trapped within the confines of the hospital. The narrative examines themes of power, survival, and morality as the blind confront their new reality in a deserted city filled with remnants of the old world. This edition invites readers to reflect on the fragility of civilization and the darker aspects of human nature amidst a catastrophic event.
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A city is struck by an epidemic of “white blindness.” The first man to succumb sits in his car, waiting for the light to change. He is taken to an eye doctor, who does not know what to make of the phenomenon – and soon goes blind himself. The blindness spreads, sparing no one. Authorities confine the blind to a vacant mental hospital secured by armed guards under instructions to shoot anyone trying to escape. Inside, the criminal element among the blind holds the rest captive: food rations are stolen, women are raped. The compound is set ablaze, and the blind escape into what is now a deserted city, strewn with litter and unburied corpses.
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