Irgendwo, in einer namenlosen Stadt, ist eine Epidemie ausgebrochen. Mehr und mehr Menschen verlieren aus unerklärlichen Gründen ihr Augenlicht. Der Staat greift ein, die Erblindeten werden in ein leerstehendes Irrenhaus gebracht und müssen dort unter unmenschlichen Bedingungen leben. Soldaten riegeln das Gelände ab und lassen niemanden hinaus. In dieser Situation scheinen die letzten moralischen Skrupel der Insassen dem nackten Überlebenskampf zum Opfer zu fallen. Doch gibt es eine Sehende unter ihnen, die die Krankheit nur vorgetäuscht hat, um bei ihrem Mann bleiben zu können. Mit ihrer Hilfe könnte der Ausbruch gelingen.

Informationen zum Autor José Saramago is one of the most important international writers of the last hundred years. Born in Portugal in 1922, he was in his sixties when he came to prominence as a writer with the publication of Baltasar and Blimunda . A huge body of work followed, translated into more than forty languages, and in 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Saramago died in June 2010. Klappentext A new edition of the classic novel from the late Portuguese author and Nobel Prize for Literature winner. 'This is a shattering work by a literary master...' "Boston Globe" Zusammenfassung No food, no water, no government, no obligation, no order. Discover a chillingly powerful and prescient dystopian vision from one of Europe's greatest writers. A driver waiting at the traffic lights goes blind.

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A chillingly powerful dystopian vision from one of Europe's greatest writers

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José Saramago is one of the most important international writers of the ***last hundred years. Born in Portugal in 1922, he was in his sixties when he came to prominence as a writer with the publication of Baltasar and Blimunda*. A huge body of work followed, translated into more than forty languages, and in 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Saramago died in June 2010.

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A new edition of the classic novel from the late Portuguese author and Nobel Prize for Literature winner. 'This is a shattering work by a literary master...' "Boston Globe"

Zusammenfassung
No food, no water, no government, no obligation, no order. Discover a chillingly powerful and prescient dystopian vision from one of Europe's greatest writers. A driver waiting at the traffic lights goes blind.