have you read?

[thewanderingjew]

has anyone read jose saramago's blindness (now a movie)? i didn't realize that there was a sequel called seeing and i was wondering if anyone has read it and would recommend it.

twj

[Sandikal]

A few of my friends on GoodReads have been gushing over it.  I just picked up a copy yesterday.  I read the first few pages and it does seem very compelling.  The punctuation is weird though--there aren't any quotations marks.

I have quite a few books ahead of "Blindness" on my shelf, but I'll probably be digging in really soon.

[Everyman]

The non-use of quotation marks was a sort of mini-fad for a brief period; interesting to see whether it is coming back.  For example, see the novels of Alan Paton, including his wonderful Cry, the Beloved Country.  

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Sandikal wrote:

A few of my friends on GoodReads have been gushing over it.  I just picked up a copy yesterday.  I read the first few pages and it does seem very compelling.  The punctuation is weird though--there aren't any quotations marks.

I have quite a few books ahead of "Blindness" on my shelf, but I'll probably be digging in really soon.

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[thewanderingjew]

i read blindness a while back. i loved it but i found it a little difficult to read because there didn't seem to be any natural "break points". it created a sort of tension for me as i read it. it was almost like reading one long paragraph, aloud, without knowing when to take a breath. i thought it was a phenomenal book, though, and that is why i am wondering about the sequel. i have some friends who won't read saramago because they say they don't like his prejudices or his politics.

twj

[Sandikal]

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Everyman wrote:

The non-use of quotation marks was a sort of mini-fad for a brief period; interesting to see whether it is coming back.  For example, see the novels of Alan Paton, including his wonderful Cry, the Beloved Country.  

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I don't think "The Road" used quotation marks either.

[Redcatlady]

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thewanderingjew wrote:

i read blindness a while back. i loved it but i found it a little difficult to read because there didn't seem to be any natural "break points". it created a sort of tension for me as i read it. it was almost like reading one long paragraph, aloud, without knowing when to take a breath. i thought it was a phenomenal book, though, and that is why i am wondering about the sequel. i have some friends who won't read saramago because they say they don't like his prejudices or his politics.

twj

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When you mentioned sequel, it made me wonder if the people responsible for Blindness the movie got the rights to do Seeing, too.

Redcatlady