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BLINDNESS
by Jose Saramago
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/very good +
- ISBN 10
- 0151002517
- ISBN 13
- 9780151002511
- Seller
-
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York, San Diego, London: Harcourt Brace, 1998. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good/very good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. "Winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for Literature" sticker on front panel of jacket. Front free endpaper is corner-clipped. Fifth printing of first edition. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 293 pp.
Synopsis
A city is hit by an epidemic of "white blindness" which spares no one. Authorities confine the blind to an empty mental hospital, but there the criminal element holds everyone captive, stealing food rations and raping women. There is one eyewitness to this nightmare who guides seven strangers-among them a boy with no mother, a girl with dark glasses, a dog of tears-through the barren streets, and the procession becomes as uncanny as the surroundings are harrowing. A magnificent parable of loss and disorientation and a vivid evocation of the horrors of the twentieth century, Blindness has swept the reading public with its powerful portrayal of man's worst appetites and weaknesses-and man's ultimately exhilarating spirit. The stunningly powerful novel of man's will to survive against all odds, by the winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bibliodditiques
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6115
- Title
- BLINDNESS
- Author
- Jose Saramago
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- ISBN 10
- 0151002517
- ISBN 13
- 9780151002511
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace
- Place of Publication
- New York, San Diego, London
- Date Published
- 1998
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bibliodditiques
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About Bibliodditiques
Thank you for visiting the home page of BIBLIODDITIQUES - specializing in children's literature, non-fiction, and rare and antiquarian books. This year marks my 12th anniversary in the book trade. I am a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2009) and a member of the IOBA (International Online Booksellers Association). I take pride in offering books that are of the same quality that I like to see in my own private collection. Books I sell must meet my own high standards of condition, which generally requires that the binding be tight, dust jackets be intact, and that there be no major defects. I do not offer books that are ex-library copies, unless they are hard to find in any condition. Customer satisfaction is very important to me. I am happy to answer any questions you may have and to send you photos of my listings upon request. Your patronage is greatly appreciated.
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