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Blindness

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1995 · José Saramago

Genressocial science fictionscience fictionpost-apocalyptic fictiondystopian fiction

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Synopsis

Blindness is a 1995 novel by Portuguese author José Saramago. It centers on an unexplained mass epidemic of blindness afflicting nearly everyone in a nonspecific city, and follows multiple unnamed characters as they navigate the social breakdown that swiftly follows. The novel was translated into English by Giovanni Pontiero in 1997.

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Type
Book
Release date
January 1, 1995
Genres
social science fiction, science fiction, post-apocalyptic fiction, dystopian fiction
Created by
José Saramago
Countries
Portugal