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2007Penguin Random House

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A blind man who has never seen is suddenly granted sight — a gift that forces him to confront what it means to truly see the world, and the women in it. As he navigates his new vision alongside a woman blinded by her own tragic choices, Saramago's lyrical prose meditates on morality, perception, and the burden of clarity.

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José de Sousa Saramago, GColSE ComSE GColCa (Portuguese: [ʒuˈzɛ ðɨ ˈso(w).zɐ sɐɾɐˈmaɣu]; 16 November 1922 – 18 June 2010), was a Portuguese writer and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony [with which he] continually enables us once again to apprehend an elusory reality." His works, some of which can be seen as allegories, commonly present subversive perspectives on historic events, emphasizing the theopoetic human factor...

Margaret Jull Costa is known for her distinctive writing in books like Chronicle of the Murdered House and The Wind Whistling in the Cranes. She also wrote *Warrior

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