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A stunningly powerful novel of humanity’s will to survive against all odds during an epidemic by a winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
An International Bestseller • “This is a shattering work by a literary master.”—Boston Globe
A city is hit by an epidemic of “white blindness” which spares no one. Authorities confine the blind to an empty mental hospital, but there the criminal element holds everyone captive, stealing food rations and raping women. There is one eyewitness to this nightmare who guides seven strangers—among them a boy with no mother, a girl with dark glasses, a dog of tears—through the barren streets, and the procession becomes as uncanny as the surroundings are harrowing. A magnificent parable of loss and disorientation, Blindness has swept the reading public with its powerful portrayal of our worst appetites and weaknesses—and humanity’s ultimately exhilarating spirit.
“This is a an important book, one that is unafraid to face all of the horror of the century.”—Washington Post
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
A Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year
ASIN : B003T0GBOM
Publisher : Mariner Books; First edition (August 23, 2013)
Publication date : August 23, 2013
Language : English
File size : 3612 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 349 pages
Customers say
Customers find the writing insightful, intriguing, and cathartic. They also describe the book as highly readable and worthwhile. However, some readers find the pacing bleak, weak, and ridiculous. They report run-on sentences and disconjunct grammar. Opinions are mixed on the suspenseful story, with some finding it disturbing and horrifying, while others say it’s profoundly disturbing and tragic. Readers have mixed opinions on the story quality, with some finding it imaginative and original, while others say many story points are illogical and poorly plotted.
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