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José Saramago's The Double

What would you do, if you could meet your double near the same city you were living?

But, you both were identical not just by the face but every part of your body, every scar and mole of your body. mais 310 palavras

Novels (நாவல்கள்)

READS OF THE YEAR 2018: Victoria Min-Yi Wang

Ilse Aichinger Der Gefesselte 

This 1953 collection of short stories remains true to the spirit of the short story in that the narratives are almost certain to end realistically, often, inevitably, in death, sometimes via fantastical literary devices. mais 465 palavras

Year In Review 2018

Small Memories, by José Saramago

José Saramago was one of Portugal’s greatest and most revered authors.  The winner of the Nobel Prize in 1998, Saramago passed away in 1010, leaving behind a rich legacy of fantastical novels like Blindness and the Stone Raft.  mais 299 palavras

Portugal

An Unexpected Vacation

December To Be Read Pile

When I decided to take Thanksgiving week off I never thought it would be nearly a month before fully returning. I can honestly say that my computer is to blame. mais 517 palavras

Books

#1860

Os livros continuam a ser, do ponto de vista de cada autor, a coisa mais importante da vida deles.

Zeferino Coelho, editor literário, jornal Público

Imprensa

Blindness, Jose Saramago

Ada epidemi kebutaan yang melanda suatu negeri. Kota menjadi lumpuh, penduduknya perlahan-lahan mengoreksi harapan mereka tentang kesembuhan. Bahkan menanggalkan nurani dan akal sehatnya. Yang tersisa hanya insting dari ketakutan massal dan perut-perut yang lapar. mais 879 palavras

Bacaan

” … That is what we say when we go not wish to play the weakling, we say Fine, even though we may be dying, and this is commonly known as taking one’s courage in both hands, a phenomenon that has only been observed in the human species.”

-Jose Saramago, Blindness

Writing