by José Saramago, Pilar del Río · tapa dura · ISBN 9788420422510
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The Intermittences of Death is a novel by Portuguese writer José Saramago, published in 2005. The story presents a scenario in which death decides to suspend its functions, ceasing to die people. Initially, this is received with joy, but soon society faces the consequences of immortality, such as overpopulation and endless aging. Saramago explores themes such as euthanasia, the role of religion and politics, and the nature of life and death.
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."
