by José Saramago · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429754261
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«Assaig sobre la lucidesa» is the dystopian novel by José Saramago, published by Edicions 62 in paperback (288 pages, in Catalan).
An election day ends with a majority of blank votes. The government interprets this civic gesture as a conspiracy and reacts with authoritarian measures to uncover culprits who do not exist. José Saramago builds an allegory about democracy, the fear of power, and the strength of civil society.
Published in 2004. Original title in Portuguese: «Ensaio sobre a Lucidez». Catalan translation by Xavier Pàmies Giménez. Collection «El Balancí».
A work suitable for readers of contemporary fiction and political dystopias, interested in social criticism and the role of citizens.
José de Sousa Saramago was a Portuguese writer. He was the recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony [with which he] continually enables us once again to apprehend an elusory reality." His works, some of which can be seen as allegories, commonly present subversive perspectives on historic events, emphasizing the theopoetic human factor. In 2003 Harold Bloom described Saramago as "the most gifted novelist alive in the world today" and in 2010 said he considers Saramago to be "a permanent part of the Western canon", while James Wood praises "the distinctive tone to his fiction because he narrates his novels as if he were someone both wise and ignorant."
