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Agreed that Saramago is a great writer, although he is no longer living as you insinuate
Posted by Jazz Inmate on January 24, 2012 at 22:03:48:
I haven't read The Gospel but I'm sure it's worthwhile. I read Blindness shortly after it was first published in English and thought it was quite brilliant in a "Lord of the Flies" vein. Even more enjoyable was Baltasar and Blimunda, which is the kind of tale that fits better with Saramago's prose. I post the link below, if you're interested. As good as Blindness and B&B are, in terms of Saramago's writing style, Tale of the Unknown Island may be the best he has done. It's the writer's equivalent of a tone poem.
I started to read "All the Names" but it seemed too obviously a vehicle for Saramago's politics. He telegraphed it badly in the early chapters and it bored me too much to read on. I may revisit it someday, but I'm behind on my reading list as it is. By the way, I lent Blindness to a friend and it took every fiber of his being not to chuck the book across the room. That's how pissed off he got over the lack of punctuation and other rules of grammar.
Regardless of what I read, you should check out Last Temptation of Christ. I wish it was mandatory reading and not considered so controversial. The movie really doesn't do it justice, by a longshot.