Blindness takes you for a spellbinding ride from the first page all the way through the end. This book draws you into a possible reality where an epidemic of blindness quickly affects a city's population. A quarantine of those affected is imposed, but due to the astounding limitations of those inside absolute chaos soon ensues. The living conditions deteriorate at breakneck speed and food rationing gives way to organized bullying. It is a startling world Saramago imagines, but one we might all envision as all too probable.
The author uses no names, as if those who are blind needn't names to identify them. Thus they are referred to by their link to the story, or a remarkable feature they had when they first entered the picture, e.g. the Doctor, the first blind man, the girl with sunglasses. I don't believe I'd ever read a human tale that included no names before.
An excellent read. I highly recommend it!
Read from February 17 to March 06, 2013
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