Seeing (novel)
Seeing (Portuguese: Ensaio sobre a Lucidez, lit. Essay on Lucidity) is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning Portuguese author José Saramago. It was published in Portuguese in 2004 and in English in 2006. It is a sequel to one of his most famous works, Blindness.
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| Author | José Saramago |
|---|---|
| Original title | Ensaio sobre a Lucidez |
| Translator | Margaret Jull Costa |
| Country | Portugal |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Publisher | Editorial Caminho |
Publication date | 2004 |
Published in English | 2006 |
| Pages | 307pp |
| ISBN | 0-15-101238-5 |
| OCLC | 62302340 |
| 869.3/42 22 | |
| LC Class | PQ9281.A66 E7713 2006 |
| Preceded by | Blindness |
Plot summary
Seeing is a story set in the same country featured in Blindness and begins with a parliamentary election in which the majority of the populace casts blank ballots. The story revolves around the struggles of the government and its various members as they try to simultaneously understand and destroy the amorphous non-movement of blank-voters. Characters from Blindness appear in the second half of the novel, including 'the doctor' and 'the doctor's wife'.[1]
gollark: He even has twinkly-looking eyes.
gollark: But edmund is edmund.
gollark: Wait, who are you, anyway?
gollark: Fine, but change the name.
gollark: Next week or later.
References
- See the book review by Ursula K Le Guin, The plague of blank ballots, The Guardian, 15 April 2006.
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