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  • IVAN KRASTEV

Saturday, June 13 2020 - 9:34 PM

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In José Saramago's novel Essay on Blindness , a man suddenly loses his sight, as does the doctor who examines him and the thief who steals his car. Frightened by the spread of this "white blindness," the government takes very drastic measures to stop the spread. All those who have become blind and those who have had contact with them are gathered and transferred to a former madhouse on the outskirts of the city. All attempts to escape from the hospital are fatally countered by surveillance patrols, made up of soldiers also terrified of the possibility of losing their vision. The psyche

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