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Blindness

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Jazz Inmate

Was one of my favorite novels of the '90s. There is little doubt of Saramago's gift, though I personally despise the slimy little bugger. He just has an incredible talent in building narratives, incorporating powerful symbolism and using prose that has the feel of improvisation. Blindness is probably his masterpiece. I didn't realize it was being made into a movie. I can't see how it would do justice to the novel.
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Call it, friendo.

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"Slimy little bugger." Care to explain or.....? nt - tinear 21:01:05 09/22/08 (3)
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- His idealism and passions--the same ones that make him a great novelist--also make him - Jazz Inmate 21:19:19 09/22/08 (2)
  a horrible, tortured human being.
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  Call it, friendo.
  - Okay but I still don't get "slimy" and "bugger." Being "tortured" over the - tinear 07:43:37 09/23/08 (1)
    human condition usually isn't considered reprehensible.
    Dante.
    Shakespeare.
    Petrarch.
    Homer.
    Slimy little buggers?
    "The Gospel According to Jesus Christ" is amazing.
    - he even looks like a slimey bugger - Jazz Inmate 11:42:14 09/23/08 (0)
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      Call it, friendo.

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