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Blindness (Movie Tie-In)
José Saramago
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9780156035583 Trade Paperback
0156035588
$15.00
352pages
September 2008
Trim Size:
5-5/16 x 8
Copyright Year:
1998
Territory:
US, C, O
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Reading Guide
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Synopsis |
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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
A city is hit by an epidemic of "white blindness" that spares no one. Authorities confine the blind to an empty mental hospital, but there the criminal element holds everyone captive, stealing food rations and assaulting women. There is one eyewitness to this nightmare who guides seven strangers—among them a boy with no mother, a girl with dark glasses, a dog of tears—through the barren streets, and the procession becomes as uncanny as the surroundings are harrowing. A magnificent parable of loss and disorientation and a vivid evocation of the horrors of the twentieth century, Blindness has swept the reading public with its powerful portrayal of man's worst appetites and weaknesses-and man's ultimately exhilarating spirit.
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Biography |
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JOSÉ SARAMAGO was born in 1922. His novels have been published in dozens of languages around the world. In 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Awards |
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| Nobel Prize in Literature • Author Award |
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General Subjects |
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Fiction- Literary
Fiction- Movie or Television Tie-In
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Academic Disciplines & Course Studies |
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English Language & Literature- World Literature
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Foreign Languages & Literature- Portuguese Language & Literature
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An imprint ofHarcourt Trade Publishers
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Harcourt Education Company
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