{"product_id":"blindness","title":"Blindness","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Jose Saramago, Translated by Giovanni Pontiero\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more\" data-overviewlongdescription=\"null\" data-aboutthebook=\"true\" id=\"product-description-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"aboutthebook\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInternational Bestseller | A stunningly powerful novel of humanity's will to survive against all odds during an epidemic by a winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This is a shattering work by a literary master.”—\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA city is hit by an epidemic of \"white blindness\" which spares no one. Authorities confine the blind to an empty mental hospital, but there the criminal element holds everyone captive, stealing food rations and raping women. There is one eyewitness to this nightmare who guides seven strangers—among them a boy with no mother, a girl with dark glasses, a dog of tears—through the barren streets, and the procession becomes as uncanny as the surroundings are harrowing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA magnificent parable of loss and disorientation, Blindness has swept the reading public with its powerful portrayal of our worst appetites and weaknesses—and humanity's ultimately exhilarating spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This is an important book, one that is unafraid to face all of the horror of the century.\"—\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbout Author\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJOSE SARAMAGO (1922-2010) was the author of many novels, among them \u003c\/span\u003eBlindness, All the Names, Baltasar and Blimunda,\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003eThe Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis.\u003cspan\u003eIn 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGiovanni Pontiero (10 February 1932 - 10 February 1996) was a British scholar and translator of Portuguese fiction, most notably the works of José Saramago. His translation of the Saramago work The Gospel According to Jesus Christ was awarded the Teixeira-Gomes Prize for Portuguese translation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"spec publisher-spec \"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb class=\"label\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan class=\"value\"\u003eHarperCollins\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"spec shippingdimensions-spec \"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb class=\"label\"\u003eShipping dimensions\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"value\"\u003e8\" H x 5\" W x 1\" L\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"spec upc-spec \"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb class=\"label\"\u003eISBN\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"value\"\u003e9780156007757\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan class=\"value\"\u003eLabguage: English\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan class=\"value\"\u003eLength: 352 pgs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"SAUDADE TORONTO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49004600295647,"sku":null,"price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1251\/1761\/files\/FullSizeRender_61e3c55f-e30e-42b3-acd1-9f568a78877f.jpg?v=1776891826","url":"https:\/\/saudadetoronto.com\/products\/blindness","provider":"SAUDADE TORONTO","version":"1.0","type":"link"}