Description: "Saramago is the most tender of writers . . . with a clear-eyed and compassionate acknowledgment of things as they are and a quality that can only be termed wisdom. We should be grateful when it is handed to us in such generous measures." -- New York Times Book Review Jos Saramago delivers a profound parable of loss and disorientation in Blindness . When a city is overcome by an epidemic of "white blindness," only one woman is spared. She becomes a guide for a group of seven strangers and serves as the eyes and ears for the reader in this powerful portrayal of man's worst appetites and weaknesses--and man's ultimately exhilarating spirit. Seeing returns readers to the city--amidst a national election years later--in a satirical commentary on government in general and democracy in particular. Jos Saramago (1922-2010) was the author of numerous novels, including All the Names, The Cave, and The Elephant's Journey. In 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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