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Seeing by Jose Saramago (tr from Portuguese Margaret Jull Costa)
Category: Fiction
Despite the heavy rain, the presiding officer at Polling Station 14 finds it odd that by midday on National Election day, only a handful of voters have turned out. Puzzlement swiftly escalates to shock when eventually, after an extension, the final count reveals seventy per cent of the votes are blank - ...Show more
The Cave by Jose Saramago (tr from Portuguese Margaret Jull Costa)
Category: Fiction
Review Quotes: "The teensiest bit of plot is meaningfully, accessibly stretched into something enormous." "We'll say it again: Saramago is the finest novelist, bar none." "A densely textured, wonderfully resonant reworking of Plato's allegory." "Arguably the greatest writer of our time. He ...Show more
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