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Seeing by José Saramago Hardcover US First Edition/First Printing Fiction 2006
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Type
- Novel
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Intended Audience
- Adults, Young Adults
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780151012381
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
0151012385
ISBN-13
9780151012381
eBay Product ID (ePID)
48642876
Product Key Features
Original Language
Portuguese
Book Title
Seeing
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Legal, Literary, Political
Publication Year
2006
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
19.8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2005-032688
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
Saramago's unsettling allegory of power and politics . . . stays with you long after the last page is turned., Saramago's clear eye for acknowledging things as they are barrages us with valuable insights suggesting that the dynamics of human governance are not as rational as we like to think, Saramago''s unsettling allegory of power and politics . . . stays with you long after the last page is turned., PRAISE FOR SEEING"Saramago understands that ridicule is a terrifically effective political weapon, and in Seeing he makes it his business to turn repression into farce."—THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW"The clarity and compassion of [Saramago's] vision make Seeing worthy of its name and its author."—THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD, PRAISE FOR SEEING"Saramago understands that ridicule is a terrifically effective political weapon, and in Seeing he makes it his business to turn repression into farce."THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW"The clarity and compassion of [Saramagos] vision make Seeing worthy of its name and its author."THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD, The spirit of George Orwell rises from these blistering pages . . . another invaluable gift from a matchless writer., PRAISE FOR SEEING"Saramago understands that ridicule is a terrifically effective political weapon, and in Seeing he makes it his business to turn repression into farce."--THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW"The clarity and compassion of [Saramago's] vision make Seeing worthy of its name and its author."--THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD, I have never read a novel that gets so many details of the political behavior that we for some reason insist on calling ''organized'' so hilariously and grimly right., We live in age when democracy is being touted as the panacea to the world''s ills -- and not just abroad. ''Seeing'' suggests a more complicated scenario. It offers that democracy is welcome in our times: that is, so long as it produces the results those in power want., Saramago' s clear eye for acknowledging things as they are barrages us with valuable insights suggesting that the dynamics of human governance are not as rational as we like to think, Saramagoe(tm)s clear eye for acknowledging things as they are barrages us with valuable insights suggesting that the dynamics of human governance are not as rational as we like to think, Saramago has a taste for alternative realities, for the use of fiction as a form of speculation. -- Michael Wood "Slate" (04/10/2006), "Saramago has a taste for alternative realities, for the use of fiction as a form of speculation." , PRAISE FOR BLINDNESS "A shattering work by a literary master."-THE BOSTON GLOBE "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 measure." -THE NEW YORK TIMES
Dewey Decimal
869.3/42
Synopsis
On election day in the capital, it is raining so hard that no one has bothered to come out to vote. The politicians are growing jittery. What's going on? Should they reschedule the elections for another day? Around three o'clock, the rain finally stops. Promptly at four, voters rush to the polling stations, as if they had been ordered to appear. But when the ballots are counted, more than 70 percent are blank. The citizens are rebellious. A state of emergency is declared. The president proposes that a wall be built around the city to contain the revolution. But are the authorities acting too precipitously? Or even blindly? The word evokes terrible memories of the plague of blindness that had hit the city four years before, and of the one woman who kept her sight. Could she be behind the blank ballots? Is she the organizer of a conspiracy against the state? A police superintendent is put on the case. What begins as a satire on governments and the sometimes dubious efficacy of the democratic system turns into something far more sinister. A singular novel from the author of Blindness., From the Nobel Prize-winning author of "Blindness" comes this follow-up, set in the same capital city four years after being hit by an epidemic of blindness. What begins as a satire on governments and the sometimes dubious efficacy of the democratic system turns into something far more sinister.
LC Classification Number
PQ9281.A66E7713 2006
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