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Albaraa Najjar
Jun 30, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction, portugal, noble, r
قوة الرواية في أن كل هذا الدمار و الانحطاط يحصل بسبب فقدان حاسة واحدة فقط لذا ستعطي للبصر أهمية أكبر بكثير من بعد الرواية و أثناء قراءة الرواية لن تستطيع الفرار من فكرة انك ستعمى في أي لحظةٍ من الآن و ستصاب في حالات كثيرة بالمزيد من البؤس و فقدان الأمل بالبشرية إن لم تكن قد فقدت كل آمالك مسبقاً.
Galina
Все едно ме блъсна влак - така се чувствам.
Побърка ме тази книга - мислех за нея, докато я четях, мисля я и сега.
Visinica
Apr 21, 2020 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
This book is like a punch in the stomach, it puts your glasses on and makes you see the human nature on a 360 angle. Really the hardest to digest book I read so far. Saramago is a genius, and his writing style keeps you addicted to an atmosphere which on the other hand you can’t wait to escape. I consider myself fortunate to have read this book now, in these Covid times, as I think Saramago’s perception about humanity are confirmed now more than ever in the last decades.
daniblues
Aug 01, 2022 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 4-estrellas
Fragmentos de genialidad y lucidez combinados con fragmentos de abrumadora densidad. El libro es original y contundente formal e ideológicamente… pero le sobran páginas para ser una obra redonda. Aun así, lectura más que recomendada.
Gerson Bedoya
May 05, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Una historia cautivante contada de una forma aterrizada. Creo que Saramago acierta en sus imaginaciones del comportamiento humano frente a una situación tan descabellada, son lo más destacado de esta narración, la forma como te pone a reflexionar profundamente sobre los vericuetos de la raza humana tanto en sus ritos normales como en situaciones extremas.
En ocasiones parecía que estaba leyendo el guión de una película de terror de hollywood, por lo terrorífico de la situación.
Futaki
Sep 08, 2012 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: favorites
Sage
Nov 20, 2012 marked it as to-read
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Andrey Demidov
Jan 17, 2013 marked it as to-read
Gina_Vulpes
Mar 19, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: dystopia
Kiana
May 13, 2013 marked it as to-read
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Livi
Oct 08, 2013 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
K.
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Henrik
Apr 10, 2014 rated it really liked it
Nisreen
Jan 03, 2015 marked it as to-read
Shelves: unread-but-owned
Daria
May 24, 2016 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Zoe
Apr 29, 2017 rated it really liked it
Eva
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Ramya
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A.
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Jana
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Crina Toth
Nov 25, 2021 rated it it was amazing
Michael
Dec 08, 2021 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition