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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."
Feb 19, 2024
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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
Jun 20, 2024
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In Barcelona, a boy named Daniel runs a bookstore with his dad. when he’s old enough, his Dad takes him to the cemetery of forgotten books, where bookkeepers are tasked with picking one book to preserve so the story within won’t be lost to time. Daniel finds out the author of the book he found is missing and the books he wrote have been destroyed, so he goes on a journey to find the author and figure out why the books were destroyed
Jun 11, 2025

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Way ahead of its time.
Jun 16, 2025
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Otters holding hands in their sleep so they don’t drift apart.
Apr 19, 2025
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He's always on the first page <3
Apr 9, 2025