Seeing Contributor(s): Saramago, José (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156032732 ISBN-13: 9780156032735 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: From the Nobel Prize-winning author of "Blindness" comes this follow-up, set in the same capital city. What begins as a satire on governments and the sometimes dubious efficacy of the democratic system turns into something far more sinister. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Political - Fiction | Dystopian |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.78" H x 5.34" W x 8.02" (0.64 lbs) 320 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "The clarity and compassion of Saramago's] vision make Seeing worthy of its name." --Washington Post What begins as a satire on governments and the sometimes dubious efficacy of the democratic system turns into something far more sinister. |
Contributor Bio(s): Saramago, Jose: - JOSÉ SARAMAGO (1922-2010) was the author of many novels, among them Blindness, All the Names, Baltasar and Blimunda, and The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis. In 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Costa, Margaret Jull: -MARGARET JULL COSTA has established herself as the premier translator of Portuguese literature into English today. |