Blindness by José Saramago: Meaning and Book Explanation | No spoilers
José Saramago Blindness Review NO SPOILERS
I don't think we've gone blind, I think we are, blind who don't see, blind who, though they see, don't see.”
(José Saramago, Blindness)
The philosophical thought of the Black Paintings bears numerous similarities to the novel Blindness (original title Ensaio sobre a Cegueira) by the great Portuguese writer José Saramago, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for Literature. The book, whose unreal science fiction atmosphere almost recalls the apocalypse of Stephen King's The Stand, is a direct legacy of Francisco Goya's Black Paintings.
In an unspecified time and place, the entire population suddenly loses their sight due to an inexplicable pandemic: what mysterious meaning lies behind the disease and the form of the fantasy novel? Let's find out together in this video.
Poor communication. Measures that could be reviewed. Many Misunderstandings, one certainty: ignorance cannot be countered with violence.
One of the greatest dangers of the web is precisely that of falling into further manipulation. Among the main signs: erroneous translations, fragmentary quotes stripped of their original context, lack of sources, inventions, and incitement to social hatred.
The conclusion is a renewed, bitter, and pessimistic awareness: the pandemic has decreed yet another defeat for humanity.
Since human beings are forms destined to cyclically repeat the same mistakes, enjoy the horrors imagined and prophesied, in painting and literature, by Francisco Goya and José Saramago.
The Black Paintings Complete SERIES:
The Black Paintings The Quinta del Sordo 0x14
• Pitture Nere Goya Documentario Arte
Saturn Devouring His Children 1x14
• Goya Saturno che divora i suoi figli | Pit...
Judith and Holofernes 2x14
• Goya Giuditta e Oloferne spiegazione anali...
La Leocadia 3x14
• Goya La Leocadia o La Seduttrice quadro | ...
Two Old Men 4x14
• Due vecchi analisi opera | Documentario Ar...
Two Old Men Eating Soup 5x14
• Goya Due Vecchi che mangiano zuppa analisi...
The Witches' Sabbath 6x14
• Il Sabba delle Streghe spiegazione analisi...
The Pilgrimage to San Isidro 7x14
• PITTURE NERE Il gran FINALE: Il pellegrina...
Pan's Labyrinth DOCUMENTARY
The Pale Man:
• L'UOMO PALLIDO Labirinto del Fauno | The P...
Pan's Labyrinth SECRETS and MYSTERIES:
• Il labirinto del fauno SIGNIFICATO e MISTE...
Blindness
Essay on Blindness
Essay on Cegueira
Saramago Blindness book
Saramago Blindness book review
#saramago #blindness #book #books #review