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I hadn’t read this for many years but picked it up again during the COVID pandemic. Its story of a fictional/unnamed country (most likely the author’s native Portugal) that finds itself in the middle of an inexplicable blindness epidemic - and subsequent social breakdown - felt eerily prescient during that 2020-21 time period. Saramago won the Nobel Prize for literature and this book is at the top of his achievements IMO. In retrospect, very similar to a John Wyndham‘s 1951 novel "Day of the Triffids."
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just finished this morning while sitting outside my apartment with a cup of coffee and an american spirit and holy shit the last chapter may have been one of the most devastating vibes i've felt... just like all of history, everything that's mattered, swept into oblivion by the closures of story, prophesy, and family lines... so so so good u should read it but be warned that every paragraph in this book is full to the brim with activity, everything feels as if its happening all at once for the entire four hundred something pages
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Short and enthralling, with prose that is both breezy and profound and a simple yet confounding story. It’s like a snapshot of someone’s heart. I think the scenery and emotion of this book brought about a natural and gorgeous visualization of the story, which is wonderful to experience.
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