by José Saramago · Edicions 62 · tapa dura · ISBN 9788429756821
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In 'Death with Interruptions', José Saramago presents us with a disturbing and original fable. In an indeterminate country, death decides to suspend its functions, which unleashes chaos in society. Funeral companies, insurers and the church face an unprecedented crisis. However, this apparent utopia soon reveals its shadows, raising questions about the value of life and the inevitability of death. Saramago, with his unmistakable style, invites us to reflect on the human condition and the limits of our existence.
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."
