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What is with this guy and not using periods? Just pages and pages of commas and run on sentences. Makes it hard to follow the dialogue at times. Anyone know what this is about? Or, does it get easier to stand as you read on?

Eduardo A. Saramago has explained this earlier:

«As you know, when we speak, we don't use punctuation. We pause [to breath] and even, as I say in my books, the o…moreSaramago has explained this earlier:

«As you know, when we speak, we don't use punctuation. We pause [to breath] and even, as I say in my books, the only two punctuation marks are the full stop (or period, in American English) and the comma, are not punctuation marks, they are a pause, a brief pause and a long pause. In the end, as I often say, to speak is to compose music» - in Expresso, 2004.

«(..) I see myself as an oral narrator when I write and that the words by me written ought to be read as well as to be heard. Now, the oral narrator doesn't need punctuation, speaks as he was composing music and uses the same elements as a musician: sounds and pauses, highs and lows, some, brief or long, others.» - in Cadernos de Lanzarote – Diário II (1994)

I translated it as best as I could from the following link: https://ciberduvidas.iscte-iul.pt/art...(less)

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Will the book still be enjoyable if I see the movie?

Justin It depends on your tastes. The book is very different from the movie, so there's no reason you need to limit yourself to one or the other.…moreIt depends on your tastes. The book is very different from the movie, so there's no reason you need to limit yourself to one or the other.(less)

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Can someone try to explain me what happened in the last chapter? I think I didn't get it.