tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post8809257240526954698..comments2024-01-19T00:52:12.231-05:00Comments on I Me My: Jose Saramago's "Blindness" - An Eye-Opener?Id it ishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10933156607975500727noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-20632903369336132082010-11-13T05:40:07.664-05:002010-11-13T05:40:07.664-05:00It's a book I started but was too scared to fi...It's a book I started but was too scared to finish.EYEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10468919543452285535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-33689785675106945442008-05-08T13:50:00.000-04:002008-05-08T13:50:00.000-04:00reading Saramago's Blindness, is a life changing e...reading Saramago's Blindness, is a life changing experience... not just the knowledge of human soul that he describes, but i found incredible the cadence and the rhythm of his prose, it matches perfectly the situations, the dialogs without punctuations are somehow even more understandable, and make of the whole novel one powerful long poem... life changing indeed! a must-read, and yes a classic<bereweberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04212294373903204510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-78857661472547309872007-08-24T03:42:00.000-04:002007-08-24T03:42:00.000-04:00Nice review i would definitely go for this book. T...Nice review i would definitely go for this book. Thanks for sahring.<BR/><BR/>Take careSam!!https://www.blogger.com/profile/13380920968978656414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-48770044202055578172007-08-22T11:33:00.000-04:002007-08-22T11:33:00.000-04:00Thank you Id for the wonderful review.I have to re...Thank you Id for the wonderful review.I have to read it .starryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00250437477875291892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-6470319979365864912007-08-18T16:12:00.000-04:002007-08-18T16:12:00.000-04:00Id, this is a thoughtful review. I will have to re...Id, this is a thoughtful review. I will have to read the book now. One of the Pakistani (Urdu) writers had mentioned this book and how the style inspired him. I plan to send him a print out of your piece.Raza Rumihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08606406247331495062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-47935664615450333332007-08-15T07:01:00.000-04:002007-08-15T07:01:00.000-04:00I just finished Namesake.Whatever people might say...I just finished Namesake.<BR/>Whatever people might say I am a huge fan.<BR/>Blindness...<BR/>lets see if I can get a copy of it...Sh'shankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17604678529288592062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-27047443311789023822007-08-14T00:49:00.000-04:002007-08-14T00:49:00.000-04:00Id it is,You may have forgotten me already. Well, ...Id it is,<BR/>You may have forgotten me already. Well, so sorry to have taken a long time to leave you a comment here. <BR/><BR/>Well, i read a bit.<BR/><BR/>"...but none of us, lamps, dogs or humans, knows at the outset, why we have come into this world." <BR/><BR/>Reading this Jose Saramago's "Blindness" is not always enjoyable, but it's so well written and so literary, that it attains a "Nattayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18192296181151261905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-84658655384272639482007-08-14T00:30:00.000-04:002007-08-14T00:30:00.000-04:00Id it is,Great review. I'm inspired for some reaso...Id it is,<BR/>Great review. I'm inspired for some reasons. I don't know.Nattayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18192296181151261905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-87465436000441336782007-08-13T12:22:00.000-04:002007-08-13T12:22:00.000-04:00I always love your book reviews, but this one real...I always love your book reviews, but this one really makes me want to read this book. It appears that it would be a fascinating read.EXSENOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13439855607574342872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-54533938103876774652007-08-08T15:54:00.000-04:002007-08-08T15:54:00.000-04:00oi, and forgot to mention. colin thubron's travelo...oi, and forgot to mention. colin thubron's travelog "shadow of the silk road" is worth a read. a friend, who's a pretty impatient reader, got bored, but i found it fascinating. you might the end rather fascinating, though you may know most of it already. take it as a different perspective of culture. in fact you may have already read the book. not worth revealing anything here!Khakrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559997953141681575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-63291930497194145982007-08-07T06:35:00.000-04:002007-08-07T06:35:00.000-04:00hey thanks.. i was looking for a gud book to read ...hey thanks.. i was looking for a gud book to read at the moment..How do we knowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01763488475931737293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-8032000806916716192007-08-07T02:31:00.000-04:002007-08-07T02:31:00.000-04:00plague is a favorite. nicely written post. thanks ...plague is a favorite. nicely written post. thanks for this review, this book seems to be really interesting.<BR/><BR/>A friend is gifting me 'turtles can fly'. I am yet to receive it though, but i am excited abt that too..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-20492122769550723522007-08-05T21:29:00.000-04:002007-08-05T21:29:00.000-04:00i love metaphors. takes an expert like saramago to...i love metaphors. takes an expert like saramago to interpret them. but the prospect of reading this book scares me in a way, thinking outside the box been's known to be my bugaboo....Khakrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559997953141681575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-81035138018020555092007-08-03T20:54:00.000-04:002007-08-03T20:54:00.000-04:00HI,Thanks for the review! it seems like a great r...HI,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the review! it seems like a great read....however i started to think of the "blindness' as a metaphor of many things. it could be a metaphor for today like the use of fear as a tactic to gain support for war, or the eventual lost of privacy i.e. surveillance cameras on every corner...(check the news, i think yahoo on this)...<BR/><BR/>anyhow, thanks for stopping by with AVIANAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01577018292710494274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-37667640996858628702007-08-02T19:26:00.000-04:002007-08-02T19:26:00.000-04:00You seem to be flying through books. That is a goo...You seem to be flying through books. That is a good use of freedom. I do like your review, the caring...and the caustic! Keep reading.A.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08716463684593767622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-58223747332791995542007-08-01T22:45:00.000-04:002007-08-01T22:45:00.000-04:00superb review. you influence my reading. thank you...superb review. you influence my reading. thank you.<BR/><BR/>on a whim, i read hari kunzru's transmission. if read, thoughts? if not, i look forward to your review.~t~txandi prosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00780468860391707527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-6326042503915210542007-08-01T12:59:00.000-04:002007-08-01T12:59:00.000-04:00lotus reads,A movie! Let's see what comes of that....lotus reads,<BR/>A movie! Let's see what comes of that. Thanks for sharing.<BR/><BR/>No doubt, the writing style of Saramago is quite the challenge, but after a few chapters it ceases to bother.Id it ishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10933156607975500727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-22068925936026447882007-08-01T12:57:00.000-04:002007-08-01T12:57:00.000-04:00sanjay,Can't wait to hear your take after finishin...sanjay,<BR/>Can't wait to hear your take after finishing 'Blindness'! <BR/>Thanks for the heads up on "All the Names"; it's amazing that that's his writing style regardless of the subject he chooses to explore; sheer genius!<BR/>After watching the movie let me know whether you believe turtles can fly?Id it ishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10933156607975500727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-4686691773540759102007-08-01T05:38:00.000-04:002007-08-01T05:38:00.000-04:00I absolutely adore Camu....Blindness is now anothe...I absolutely adore Camu....Blindness is now another must read on my list. In fact I now have an xcel sheet where I write the name of these books. The review of 'turtles can fly' was great. Reminds me of several discovery documentaries and a verse from Rumi..<BR/>"don't go to sleep <BR/>this night<BR/>one night is worth<BR/>a hundred thousand souls"Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11251502196387434095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-85607415343659421822007-07-31T14:41:00.000-04:002007-07-31T14:41:00.000-04:00Wonderful review, Id! I have had a copy of "Blin...Wonderful review, Id! I have had a copy of "Blindness" sitting on my bookshelf for the longest time but every time I take it down to leaf through the pages, I am put off by the solid text, in other words, my eyes get tired of seeing such long paragraphs with hardly any punctuation save for commas. I know someone who got around that by picking a chunk of text to read and then, using a piece of Lotus Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02081192215823615529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-25041747622691127492007-07-31T14:31:00.000-04:002007-07-31T14:31:00.000-04:00Iditis. Thank you for your review, very well writt...Iditis. Thank you for your review, very well written. Incidentally I am also reading this book currently. You have succintly captured the essence of the book. <BR/><BR/>You said..<BR/>There are no quotation marks or paragraph indentations to prepare the reader for dialogues. At the outset the reader is clouded in a maze of sentences trying to figure out dialogues from narrative. This possibly waskarmichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10973922761187532706noreply@blogger.com