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by José Saramago
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M Sarki
M Sarki rated it 7 years ago
https://msarki.tumblr.com/post/156528723823/death-with-interruptions-by-jos%C3%A9-saramagoDeath With Interruptions fails in its embellished and sentimental concept of love conquering death. A silly book, at first look, ripe with satire and unflattering looks into religion and laws of the state. A p...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 9 years ago
bookshelves: published-1999, translation, shortstory-shortstories-novellas, nobel-laureate, portugal, paper-read, lit-richer, autumn-2015, halloween-2015, philosophy, absurdist, existentialism Read from September 28 to October 10, 2015 Description: On the first day of the new year, no one dies....
La Mala *the mean girl*
La Mala *the mean girl* rated it 10 years ago
Edit Marzo 2015Todavía sigo acordandome de lo excelente que es este libro... sobre todo entre tanta cosa mala/regular que vengo leyendo XD EDIT: 4/11/2014Aprobéeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!! En diciembre empiezo el desafío Saramago que me propuse: cinco libro a leer antes de marzo!FELICIDAD!!!!!! Lluvia de...
Ana V.
Ana V. rated it 10 years ago
that was a damned good idea for a dystopian book that i haven't seen anywhere so far: death stops coming. what do you do?panic, for sure. thinking about what would happen in real life if this really was the case, i realized that i didn't need to. saramago writes a very weird prose, but he's extremel...
nataliya
nataliya rated it 12 years ago
The dream of immortality has always fascinated humanity. The dream of eternal life has founded religions that changed the shape of the world. What if it were true? "The following day, no one died." So begins José Saramago's Death with Interruptions. In an unnamed small European country without any ...
Nicole Reads
Nicole Reads rated it 13 years ago
I am not sure if I fully understood the book or not. I will say that it was one of the weirdest and most interesting ones I've read in a while... even if I didn't quite get the end. The last half was definitely my favorite.
Dorian
Dorian rated it 13 years ago
Սկիզբը շատ լավն էր, բայց կեսից քաքի համը հանեց: Ոճի համար` 4 :)
Thewanderingjew
Thewanderingjew rated it 15 years ago
I have read several other books by Saramago, i.e., Blindnesss and The Double. They are difficult to read because he writes very long paragraphs and the book sometimes loses something in the translation but reading them have always been rewarding experiences, in the end.This time, I don't think I wil...
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