Helpful Score: 4
Saramago has a unique writing style and while it feels like everything is running together he has a way a making one feel as though he is writing to them. This one I read after reading his THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JESUS CHRIST (an alternate version of the life of Jesus) and was so wowed by it that BLINDNESS shortly followed.
How would you react if suddenly one day, in the midst of doing something that is part of your normal everyday activity, you went blind and then everyone around you went blind, everyone you came into contact with became blind. Would you, could you, How would you survive? Call it hysterical, biological, the plague, call it whatever you want but focus on the reality of surviving in the dark while totally surrounded by darkness, this is the opportunity for searching out the soul.
How would you react if suddenly one day, in the midst of doing something that is part of your normal everyday activity, you went blind and then everyone around you went blind, everyone you came into contact with became blind. Would you, could you, How would you survive? Call it hysterical, biological, the plague, call it whatever you want but focus on the reality of surviving in the dark while totally surrounded by darkness, this is the opportunity for searching out the soul.
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