
Eseu despre orbire by José Saramago, Mioara Caragea
Deep, inward-looking, contemplative, open-ended and thought-provoking; a demanding read.
Best for readers like The Wisdom Collector. Which reader are you?
Insights from Eseu despre orbire
“I don't think we did go blind, I think we are blind.”
Waiting for the green light at a busy intersection changed everything. One man goes blind and suddenly the whole social order starts to crumble.
Living in that filthy asylum showed how fast we lose our humanity. Basic dignity disappears the moment we can no longer see each other's faces.
“The only thing more terrifying than blindness is being the only one who can see.”
The doctor's wife had to carry the burden of seeing everything. Having sight in a world of blind people is a lonely curse.
Watching them struggle for scraps of food was heart wrenching. Hunger turns people into something unrecognizable very quickly.
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Polirom
- ISBN
- 9789734612680
- Language
- EN