

He took a very difficult, disturbing subject (inexplicable sudden blindness) and caused the reader to “apprehend” what would happen if such a situation became reality. “who with parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony continually enables us once again to apprehend an elusory reality”.Īfter reading Blindness, my opinion is that the statement does reflect what Saramago is doing (in this case, at least).

When an author wins the Nobel Prize, the Nobel Committee composes a blurb summarizing that author’s contribution to the world of literature. We hope you enjoy these older deliberations. The following is a compilation of discussions and reviews from the previous version of our website.
