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Blindness
Translated by Ali Abdul-Amir Saleh
The novel *Blindness* (1995), by the acclaimed Portuguese author José Saramago, is one of the most renowned works of contemporary world literature and was a key factor in his winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1998. This famous dystopian novel tells the story of a mysterious epidemic that causes sudden blindness among the entire population of a city, revealing the collapse of morality and human society in the absence of order and the laws of civilization.
About this book
The story begins with a driver who suddenly goes blind from a mysterious "white blindness," which rapidly spreads across an unnamed city. To contain the outbreak, the government confines the initial victims in a filthy, abandoned mental asylum. Among them is a doctor’s wife, who fakes blindness to remain with her husband and becomes the only person who can see the horrors unfolding within. As society collapses outside, the inmates escape into a ruined world where humanity has dissolved into primal chaos, fighting only for survival.
Why read it?
To explore the depths of human nature and psychology during a catastrophic crisis.
To experience Saramago’s unique literary style that contributed to his Nobel Prize in Literature.
It raises profound philosophical questions about moral blindness vs. actual sight in society.
To experience Saramago’s unique literary style that contributed to his Nobel Prize in Literature.
It raises profound philosophical questions about moral blindness vs. actual sight in society.
Who is it for?
Fans of dystopian fiction, psychological dramas, and philosophical literature.
Readers interested in sociology, social collapse, and human behavior.
Anyone looking for a powerful, thought-provoking international masterpiece.
Readers interested in sociology, social collapse, and human behavior.
Anyone looking for a powerful, thought-provoking international masterpiece.
Book details
Language
ar
ISBN-13
9789922901114
Page count
416
Age rating
Adults