José Saramago

Born

in Golegã, Azinhaga, Portugal

November 16, 1922

Died

June 18, 2010

Website

http://www.josesaramago.org/

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Theatre

Influences

Franz Kafka, Ernesto Sabato, Machado de Assis, Eça de Queirós, Jorge ...more

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José Saramago is one of the most important international writers of the last hundred years. Born in Portugal in 1922, he was in his sixties when he came to prominence as a writer with the publication of Baltasar and Blimunda. A huge body of work followed, translated into more than forty languages, and in 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Saramago died in June 2010.

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"José e Pilar. Conversas inéditas" XII

Mi compasión está con los que están trabajando de sol a sol, por un salario miserable, también en Portugal y también en Espana, explotados por empresarios que van a misa y se dan golpes de pecho. Pilar del Río In José e Pilar. Conversas inéditas, Pág. 178

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Average rating: 4.03 · 430,122 ratings · 35,807 reviews · 209 distinct works • Similar authors

	Blindness (Blindness, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 203,513 ratings — published 1995 — 303 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death with Interruptions by José Saramago, Margaret Jull Costa (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 37,886 ratings — published 2005 — 137 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago, Giovanni Pontiero (Translator) 4.29 avg rating — 24,385 ratings — published 1991 — 156 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All the Names by José Saramago, Margaret Jull Costa (Translator) 3.90 avg rating — 16,901 ratings — published 1997 — 118 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Caim 3.94 avg rating — 20,414 ratings — published 2009 — 107 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seeing by José Saramago, Margaret Jull Costa (Translation) 3.82 avg rating — 19,036 ratings — published 2004 — 124 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Double 3.91 avg rating — 15,095 ratings — published 2002 — 110 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cave by José Saramago, Margaret Jull Costa (Translator) 3.85 avg rating — 11,653 ratings — published 2000 — 88 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Baltasar and Blimunda by José Saramago, Giovanni Pontiero (Translator) 3.93 avg rating — 16,151 ratings — published 1982 — 137 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Viagem do Elefante 3.64 avg rating — 13,051 ratings — published 2008 — 99 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by José Saramago

“If I'm sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it tomorrow?”
― José Saramago, Blindness

tags: regret, regrets, sincerity

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“Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts”
― Jose Saramago

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“Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.”
― José Saramago, Blindness

tags: self-determination, soul

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Vote for the book you'd like to read for the April discussion. (Please do not vote unless you'll read/re-read and return to discuss the book if your choice wins.) Many of these will be at your library.

Bird Box by Josh Malerman
2014, 305 pages, 3.95 stars
$11.99 Kindle, paper from $4 used.

4 votes, 26.7%

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
1924, 230 pages, 3.96 stars
99¢ Kindle, cheap used paperback

3 votes, 20.0%

Blindness by José Saramago
1995, 286 pages, 4.05 stars
$9.99 Kindle, cheap used paperback

2 votes, 13.3%

Shades: The Gehenna Dilemma by Eric Dallaire
2015, 278 pages, 4.52 stars
99¢ Kindle, cheap used paperback

2 votes, 13.3%

The Death of Grass by John Christopher
Also by the newer title No Blade of Grass
1956, 208 pages, 3.88 stars
used paper from $6.36
*Not available on Kindle*

2 votes, 13.3%

Earthbound by Mark R. Healy
2015, 360 pages, 4.43 stars
$2.99 Kindle, $12.99 print

1 vote, 6.7%

Flesh & Wires by Jackie Hatton
2015, 282 pages, 4 stars
$7.95 Kindle, used paper from $10.97

1 vote, 6.7%

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