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| Author | José Saramago |
|---|---|
| Original title | Ensaio sobre a cegueira |
| Translator | Giovanni Pontiero |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Genre | Post-apocalyptic |
| Publisher | Caminho |
Publication date | 1995 |
| Publication place | Portugal |
Published in English | October 1997 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, paperback) |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | 1-86046-297-9 |
| OCLC | 38225068 |
| 869.3/42 21 | |
| LC Class | PQ9281.A66 E6813 1997 |
| Followed by | Seeing |
Blindness (Portuguese: Ensaio sobre a cegueira, meaning Essay on Blindness) is a 1995 novel by the Portuguese author José Saramago. It is one of Saramago's most famous novels, along with The Gospel According to Jesus Christ and Baltasar and Blimunda. In 1998, Saramago received the Nobel Prize for Literature, and Blindness was one of his works noted by the committee when announcing the award.[1]
A sequel titled Seeing was published in 2004. Blindness was adapted into a film of the same name in 2008.
- ^ "The Nobel Prize for Literature 1998". The Nobel Prize. Nobel Media AB. 8 October 1998. Retrieved 26 May 2020.