false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255970969m/394528.jpg 2526 72 3213039 book 1998 A Noite total:18888|5:7189|4:6505|3:3505|2:1176|1:506| 18888 75367 27536 2956 2526 0156007757 9780156007757 15934 2662 3.99 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161054077m/2526.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2526.Blindness 4 51 false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Jun 18 18:42:56 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 21:55:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2526 0156007757 9780156007757 15934 2662 3.99 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161054077m/2526.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2526.Blindness 4 17 false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue May 29 13:38:48 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 20:19:09 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2526 0156007757 9780156007757 15934 2662 3.99 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161054077m/2526.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2526.Blindness 5 12 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 23 10:23:49 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 18:20:44 -0800 2009
There are no names in the book (the narrator identifies everybody by their traits) which makes the characters universal. In typical Saramago style, there are very few paragraph indents and very few p...more...]]> 2526 0156007757 9780156007757 15934 2662 3.99 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161054077m/2526.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2526.Blindness 3 15 true Mon Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 05:48:23 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 03:34:13 -0700 2008 1
In 1998, Portugese writer Jose Saramago ...more...]]> 2526 0156007757 9780156007757 15934 2662 3.99 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161054077m/2526.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2526.Blindness 5 14 false Mon Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 24 06:35:23 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 18:24:24 -0700 2008 Blindness is one such book.

This is a classic example of "highbrow" literature because the way it is written is an artfor...more...]]> 2526 0156007757 9780156007757 15934 2662 3.99 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161054077m/2526.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2526.Blindness 4 9 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Aug 26 20:08:00 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 07:11:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2526 0156007757 9780156007757 15934 2662 3.99 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161054077m/2526.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2526.Blindness 3 8 false Wed Dec 26 08:29:08 -0800 2007 Sun Mar 09 23:59:44 -0700 2008
Here's a response I wrote to the book:

Blindness by José Saramago, published in English in 1997, is a pre 9-11 parable that aptly depicts the debasement of which humans are capable in extraordinary circumstances, and is theref...more...]]> 2526 0156007757 9780156007757 15934 2662 3.99 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161054077m/2526.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2526.Blindness 2 7 false Thu Mar 15 13:23:46 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 16:40:11 -0800 2009 394528 0151002517 9780151002511 180 38 3.99 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255970969m/394528.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/394528.Blindness 2 7 false Fri Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 17:33:36 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 08 22:19:36 -0800 2008 more...]]> 431783 964405069X 9789644050695 1197 68 3.99 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174699045m/431783.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/431783._ 5 6 false Tue Aug 28 13:25:38 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 07:28:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2526 0156007757 9780156007757 15934 2662 3.99 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161054077m/2526.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2526.Blindness 3 6 true Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Jul 11 21:33:20 -0700 2007 Wed Mar 26 16:37:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2526 0156007757 9780156007757 15934 2662 3.99 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161054077m/2526.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2526.Blindness 5 6 false Mon Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 20:18:33 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 22:52:49 -0700 2008
What would the world be like if we all suddenly lost our ability to see? Would we try to help and protect each other or would we adopt such a heightened sense of self-preservation that it would make every other living being an enemy? Would we...more...]]> 2984277 9643054748 535 39 3.99 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230655240m/2984277.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2984277._ 0 8 false Mon Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 19 14:07:32 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 13:27:29 -0700 2008 وقتي مي‌تواني ببين...more...]]> 2526 0156007757 9780156007757 15934 2662 3.99 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161054077m/2526.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2526.Blindness 4 4 false Thu Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Feb 07 18:35:55 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 01 22:43:24 -0700 2009 bagaimana jika penduduk satu kota atau satu negara jadi mendadak buta semua?
repooooooooooot dan susaaaaaaaah mungkin itu jawabannya.

rada lama namatin buku ini karena beberapa faktor, misalnya ini buku bercerita tentang masyarakat yang sakit yang sering bikin gue brenti baca k...more...]]> 2526 0156007757 9780156007757 15934 2662 3.99 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161054077m/2526.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2526.Blindness 5 4 false Mon May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 12:00:08 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 12:21:25 -0700 2008
It's written in a different style that eschews typical rules of punctuation and paragraphs, yet Blindness remai...more...]]> 2526 0156007757 9780156007757 15934 2662 3.99 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161054077m/2526.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2526.Blindness 5 4 false Sun Oct 07 17:45:29 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 07 17:53:51 -0700 2007 more...]]> 394528 0151002517 9780151002511 180 38 3.99 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255970969m/394528.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/394528.Blindness 5 4 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 25 15:58:57 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 24 11:49:56 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2526 0156007757 9780156007757 15934 2662 3.99 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161054077m/2526.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2526.Blindness 5 9 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun May 17 11:17:59 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 17:54:31 -0700 2009 2
Recently I dipped again into this one, as I dusted off a few of the artifacts picked up during my heart's recent resurrection. Not that I'm unaware of the novel's haul: the Nobel for literature, for one, & well-nigh 13000 reviews h...more...]]> 2526 0156007757 9780156007757 15934 2662 3.99 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161054077m/2526.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2526.Blindness 5 4 false Tue Nov 11 01:48:54 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 01:50:06 -0800 2008 2526 0156007757 9780156007757 15934 2662 3.99 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161054077m/2526.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2526.Blindness 4 3 true Sun Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 06:00:21 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 17:30:40 -0700 2008




I thought that Blindness was a great book. However, like The Road, I can't seem to give it 5 stars; nor can I put it on my top 10 list of favorite books. Although very unique, I don't think that it will become a classic, and i...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=394528