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Blindness
by SARAMAGO, Jose
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1860462979
- ISBN 13
- 9781860462979
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Harcourt, 1997-01-01. First British Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. An exceptional hardcover with a crisp dust jacket, a tight binding and an unmarked text. The British first edition, with a full number line. From a private smoke free collection. Shipping within 24 hours, tracking number and delivery Confirmation.
Synopsis
A city is hit by an epidemic of "white blindness" which spares no one. Authorities confine the blind to an empty mental hospital, but there the criminal element holds everyone captive, stealing food rations and raping women. There is one eyewitness to this nightmare who guides seven strangers-among them a boy with no mother, a girl with dark glasses, a dog of tears-through the barren streets, and the procession becomes as uncanny as the surroundings are harrowing. A magnificent parable of loss and disorientation and a vivid evocation of the horrors of the twentieth century, Blindness has swept the reading public with its powerful portrayal of man's worst appetites and weaknesses-and man's ultimately exhilarating spirit. The stunningly powerful novel of man's will to survive against all odds, by the winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Stock & Trade
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- McQEC2D-221a
- Title
- Blindness
- Author
- SARAMAGO, Jose
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First British Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1860462979
- ISBN 13
- 9781860462979
- Publisher
- Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1997-01-01
- X weight
- 7 oz
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About Stock & Trade
Stock & Trade is owned and operated by Michael Lamb of Portland Oregon. After 25 years in the retail book trade. Mr. Lamb is consulting on the collection of rare, used and out print titles by facilitating the procurement of large quantity of books for the enjoyment and decoration of homes, private clubs, hotels and businesses. Stock & Trade also handles the liquidation of libraries from individual estates, businesses and private collections. All books sold are in stated condition and are 100 percent returnable.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
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