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JOSE SARAMAGO (1922 - 2010), Nobel Laureate, novelist, playwright and journalist, was one of the world's most influential writers. His numerous books include the bestselling All the Names, Blindness, and The Cave.
A poetic encapsulation of Saramago's extraordinary talent - Saramago's stories have a renewed vibrancy in the current climate of doomsday scenarios, broken balance sheets and government debt. They remind us that when the law fails, a good metaphor can take its place. - Bookforum An intriguing coda to a fascinating career. - Metro Easily bears comparison to Calvino and Borges, albeit with a more politically astute edge...a welcome reminder of why he deserved the Nobel. - Scotland on Sunday One of the giants of European literature...For new readers, this collection is an essential introduction to Saramago's concerns with social decay, alienation and political repression and the alternatives to them. For devotees, it is one to savour. - Morning Star
