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1	Blindness more books like this by Jose Saramago add to wishlist In this fable by Nobel Prize winner Jose Saramago, the population of an entire town is suddenly stricken, one by one, with blindness. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Gospel According to Jesus Christ, the more books like this by Jose Saramago add to wishlist Saramago retells the Bible story, expanding on it with alternative versions of the official story and adding his own invented supernatural occurrences. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.47! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Death with Interruptions more books like this by Jose Saramago, Margaret Jull Costa (Translator) add to wishlist On the first day of the new year, no one dies. This causes consternation among politicians, religious leaders, and doctors. Among the general public, on the other hand, there is initially celebration: they have achieved eternal life. Then reality hits home, in this latest novel from the Nobel Prize-winning author. see all copies from $3.07! new only from $3.15! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Cave more books like this by Jose Saramago, Margaret Jull Costa (Translator) add to wishlist Nobel Prize-winning writer José Saramago creates a gentle and humorous story about an elderly potter, his daughter and son-in-law, the young widow who comes to live with them--and a dog. What begins with ceramic doll figures and some mysterious digging noises at their apartment building leads eventually to an unexpected upheaval in the lives of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Tale of the Unknown Island more books like this by Jose Saramago, Margaret Jull Costa (Translator), Peter Sis (Illustrator) add to wishlist A fable that is also a love story, from Nobel Prize-winning Portuguese writer José Saramago. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.12! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Journey to Portugal: In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture more books like this by Jose Saramago, Amanda Hopkinson (Translator), Nick Caistor (Translator) add to wishlist Nobel Prize-winning writer José Saramago writes about his native Portugal as someone who loves it deeply and knows it intimately. Dipping into myth and history, he relates the country's past to its present--and speculates about its future--in an illuminating narrative that transcends the travel genre. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.84! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Seeing more books like this by Jose Saramago, Margaret Jull Costa (Translator) add to wishlist From the Nobel Prize-winning author of "Blindness" comes this follow-up, set in the same capital city four years after being hit by an epidemic of blindness. What begins as a satire on governments and the sometimes dubious efficacy of the democratic system turns into something far more sinister. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	All the Names more books like this by Jose Saramago, Margaret Jull Costa (Translator) add to wishlist Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Portuguese novelist Jose Saramago introduces Senhor Jos, a clerk in the city's Central Registry and collector of clippings of the famous and notorious, who becomes obsessed with a young woman after coming across her birth certificate. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	El Evangelio Segun Jesucristo more books like this by Jose Saramago add to wishlist "The Gospel According to Jesus Christ is enough to assure Saramago a place in the universal library and in human memory."--The Nation. According to the author, 1998's Literature Nobel Prize Winner, this book is like a second reading of the Gospels, like a trip to the origins of religion. see all copies from $7.34! new only from $20.99!
10	La Caverna more books like this by Jose Saramago add to wishlist A small pottery shop, a gigantic business district. One world rapidly headed toward extinction, another which grows and multiplies within a mirrored maze where there appear to be no boundaries nor limits to false illusions. La caverna is the story of a family of potters who realize that their craft is no longer appreciated in such a fast-paced, ... see all copies from $2.86! new only from $8.95! \| SVS
11 view cover	Baltasar and Blimunda more books like this by Jose Saramago add to wishlist In eighteenth-century Portugal, fifty thousand laborers carry stones on their backs across mountains to build the king's convent, a heretical priest devises a magic flying machine--the Passarola--and two lovers' dream of flight sets them apart. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.78! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis, the more books like this by Jose Saramago add to wishlist Set in Lisbon in 1936, this book follows the character of Ricardo Reis, a doctor who returns to his native Portugal after 16 years in Brazil. But what kind of doctor is he? Instead of receiving patients in his surgery he spends his time walking and reciting poetry, accompanied by a dead poet. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.58! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	History of the Siege of Lisbon more books like this by Jose Saramago add to wishlist When Raimundo Silva, humble proof-reader for a Lisbon publishing house, takes it upon himself to insert a negative into the sentence of a history book, he rewrites history. The effect of this act of insubordination is to make his editor, the voluptuous Dr Maria Sara, fall in love with him. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.26! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Ensayo Sobre la Ceguera more books like this by Jose Saramago add to wishlist A terrifying allegory of the dark times of the new millennium. A driver waiting at a red light suddenly becomes blind. So does his wife and the doctor who examines them. They are the first cases of an "epidemic" of blindness. A magnificent parable of loss and disorientation and a vivid evocation of the horrors of the 20th century, Blindness ... see all copies from $3.60! new only from $8.50! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Stone Raft, the more books like this by Jose Saramago add to wishlist Joana Carda scratches the ground with an elm branch, and the mute dogs of Cerbere begin to bark, portending doom. The earth cracks open and the Iberian peninsula separates from Europe, floating off into the Atlantic. People flee the coastal areas in a mass exodus, to wander, disoriented, across the drifting island's interior. Among them are a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Double more books like this by Jose Saramago, Margaret Jull Costa (Translator) add to wishlist An alienated history teacher named Tertuliano Máximo Afonso is watching a video one night when he spots an actor who looks exactly like himself, right down to the last little mole and scar. Becoming obsessed with the man, Afonso goes to frantic lengths to find out his name, watch all his movies, and finally seek him out. When he succeeds in doing ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	El Viaje del Elefante by Jose Saramago add to wishlist During the mid-sixteenth century, king John III of Portugal presented his cousin Maximilian, the archduke of Austria, with an Asian elephant. This novel recounts the epic voyage of Salomon the elephant, and the journey it undertook to satisfy royal whims. El viaje del elefante is a mix of real and imaginary facts that leads us to recognize reality ... see all copies from $14.70! new only from $14.70! \| SVS
18 view cover	Todos los Nombres more books like this by Jose Saramago add to wishlist Don Jos, the main character in this story by Saramago, is a lonely and insignificant government worker at the office of vital statistics. As an innocent pastime, he starts collecting news about the rich and famous. When he notices gaps and contradictions in the lives of these public figures, he decides to fix them by registering fantasy events in ... see all copies from $3.18! new only from $8.20! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Ensayo Sobre La Lucidez more books like this by Jose Saramago add to wishlist During the town elections of a nameless city, most of its inhabitants, by their own individual choices, decide to exert their voting rights in an unexpected way. The dirty and sneaky officials in power start making arrangements to eliminate the guilty parties; and if they cannot find any, they will have to make them up. The protagonists of this ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.20! \| SVS
20 view cover	Ensayo Sobre La Ceguera /Blindness by Jose Saramago add to wishlist A driver waiting at a red light suddenly becomes blind. So does his wife and the doctor who examines them. They are the first cases of an "epidemic" of blindness. A magnificent parable of loss and disorientation, a vivid evocation of the horrors of the twentieth century, and a terrifying allegory of the dark times of the new millennium, Blindness ... see all copies from $8.95! new only from $8.95! \| SVS
21 view cover	Death at Intervals by Jose Saramago add to wishlist On the first day of the New Year, no one dies. This understandably causes great consternation amongst religious leaders - if there's no death, there can be no resurrection and therefore no reason for religion - and what will be the effect on pensions, the social services, hospitals? Funeral directors are reduced to arranging funerals for dogs, ... see all copies from $26.33! new only from $26.33!
22 view cover	Memorial del Convento more books like this by Jose Saramago add to wishlist A "brilliant...enchanting novel" (New York Times Book Review) of romance, deceit, religion, and magic set in 18th Century Portugal. In the midst of the terrors of the Inquisition, a seemingly mismatched couple discovers the wonders of love. This rich, irreverent tale, full of magic and adventure and graced with extraordinary historical detail, is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.95!
23 view cover	Las Intermitencias de La Muerte more books like this by Jose Saramago add to wishlist In a country whose name is not mentioned, something never before seen since the beginning of time happens: death decides to stop its unflagging track and people stop dying. From that moment on, the destiny of humankind will be to live eternally. see all copies from $4.19! new only from $11.93! \| SVS
24 view cover	La Balsa de Piedra by Jose Saramago add to wishlist La balsa de piedra parte de un audaz planteamiento narrativo. Una grieta abierta espontaneamente a lo largo de los Pirineos provoca la separacion del continente europeo de toda la peninsula Iberica, transformandola en una gran isla flotante, moviendose sin remos ni velas ni helices en direccion a sur del mundo, camino de una utopia nueva: el ... see all copies from $2.73! new only from $9.96! \| SVS
25 view cover	El Hombre Duplicado more books like this by Jose Saramago add to wishlist Saramago tells the story of a history professor that, by chance, discovers in a rented movie a man identical to him, and decides to go in search of him. This novel poses the essential questions of life and the search of ones own identity: What defines us as unique people? Can we assume that our voice, our characteristics, or even the smallest ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.33! \| SVS

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