From the Nobel Prize-winning author of "Blindness" comes this follow-up, set in the same capital city four years after being hit by an epidemic of blindness. What begins as a satire on governments and the sometimes dubious efficacy of the democratic system turns into something far more sinister.
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From the Nobel Prize-winning author of "Blindness" comes this follow-up, set in the same capital city four years after being hit by an epidemic of blindness. What begins as a satire on governments and the sometimes dubious efficacy of the democratic system turns into something far more sinister.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Negligible wear, tight and stiff, clean, no marks. Unclipped dj very slightly rubbed in storage. Glued binding. Paper over boards. 307 p. 24 cm. Audience: General/trade.
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Collectible, Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book Royal octavo, hardcover, fine in near fine black dj. Here the Nobel Prize-winning author returns to the same allegorical country he visited in "Blindness". What begins as a satire on governments and the sometimes dubious efficacy of the democratic system turns into something far more sinister--on election day in the capital, it is raining so hard that no one comes out to vote. The politicians grow jittery. Around three o'clock, the rain finally stops, and promptly at four, voters rush to the polling stations as if on cue. But when the ballots are counted, more than 70 percent are blank, and the government fears they have a rebellion on their hands...307 pp.
"Seeing" appears to be a sequel to amazing and interesting previous Saramago book - Blindness. As Blindness is overwhelming and thought provoking, seeing builds on the Blindness's success and doesn't add much. 4 years after the Blindness epidemic, a local election is run - 83% of the people vote white votes (i.e. - don't pick any party) and the government starts working hard on finding out who is responsible for this so-called anti-democratic act ... all this is connected through a long, winding tale to the Blindness epidemic but lives the reader tired and feeling he has spent his precious time on a useless story... Stick to rereading Blindness and forget reading Seeing - Some things are better left in the dark.
