Blindness (novel)
Blindness (Portuguese: Ensaio sobre a cegueira, meaning Essay on Blindness) is a 1995 novel by the Portuguese author José Saramago. It is one of Saramago's most famous novels, along with The Gospel According to Jesus Christ and Baltasar and Blimunda. In 1998, Saramago received the Nobel Prize for Literature, and Blindness was one of his works noted by the committee when announcing the award.
1st edition Cover (Portuguese) | |
| Author | José Saramago |
|---|---|
| Original title | Ensaio sobre a cegueira |
| Translator | Giovanni Pontiero |
| Country | Portugal |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Genre | Post-apocalyptic |
| Publisher | Caminho |
Publication date | 1995 |
Published in English | October 1997 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, paperback) |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | 1-86046-297-9 |
| OCLC | 38225068 |
| 869.3/42 21 | |
| LC Class | PQ9281.A66 E6813 1997 |
| Followed by | Seeing |
A sequel titled Seeing was published in 2004. Blindness was adapted into a film of the same name in 2008.
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