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Seeing

by José Saramago
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  • Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Nominee for Longlist (2007)
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Seeing

by José Saramago
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ISBN: 9780099483625
Authors: José Saramago
Publisher: Vintage Books UK
Date of Publication: 2007-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Science Fiction
Related Topics: Dystopia
Goodreads rating: 3.85
(rated by 26563 readers)

Description

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 - not spoiled, simply blank national law decrees the election should be repeated eight days later the result is worse; eighty-three per cent of the votes are blank the incumbent government receives eight per cent and the opposition even less the authorities, seized with panic, decamp from the capital and place it under a state of emergency in his new novel, josé saramago has deftly created the politicians ultimate nightmare: disillusionment not with one party, but with all, thereby rendering the entire democratic system useless seeing explores how simply this could be achieved and how devastating the results might be
 
  • Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Nominee for Longlist (2007)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.