Death with Interruptions - Hardcover

Saramago, Jose

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0151012741 ISBN 13: 9780151012749

Publisher: Harcourt, 2008

Synopsis

On the first day of the new year, no one dies. This, understandably, causes consternation among politicians, religious leaders, funeral directors, and doctors. Among the general public, on the other hand, there is initially celebration—flags are hung out on balconies, people dance in the streets. They have achieved the great goal of humanity: eternal life. Then reality hits home—families are left to care for the permanently dying, life-insurance policies become meaningless, and funeral directors are reduced to arranging burials for pet dogs, cats, hamsters, and parrots.Death sits in her chilly apartment, where she lives alone with scythe and filing cabinets, and contemplates her experiment: What if no one ever died again? What if she, death with a small d, became human and were to fall in love?

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PRAISE FOR JOSE SARAMAGO

"Saramago is arguably the greatest writer of our time . . . He has the power to throw a dazzling flash of lightning on his subjects, an eerily and impossibly prolonged moment of clarity that illuminates details beyond the power of sunshine to reveal."--"Chicago Tribune""" "Reading the Portuguese writer Jose Saramago, one quickly senses the presence of a master."--"The Christian Science Monitor""
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PRAISE FOR JOSE SARAMAGO
"Saramago is arguably the greatest writer of our time . . . He has the power to throw a dazzling flash of lightning on his subjects, an eerily and impossibly prolonged moment of clarity that illuminates details beyond the power of sunshine to reveal." "Chicago Tribune""""Reading the Portuguese writer Jose Saramago, one quickly senses the presence of a master." "The Christian Science Monitor""
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PRAISE FOR JOSE SARAMAGO
"Saramago is arguably the greatest writer of our time . . . He has the power to throw a dazzling flash of lightning on his subjects, an eerily and impossibly prolonged moment of clarity that illuminates details beyond the power of sunshine to reveal."--Chicago Tribune "Reading the Portuguese writer Jose Saramago, one quickly senses the presence of a master."--The Christian Science Monitor

PRAISE FOR JOSE SARAMAGO

"Saramago is arguably the greatest writer of our time . . . He has the power to throw a dazzling flash of lightning on his subjects, an eerily and impossibly prolonged moment of clarity that illuminates details beyond the power of sunshine to reveal."--Chicago Tribune "Reading the Portuguese writer Jose Saramago, one quickly senses the presence of a master."--The Christian Science Monitor

PRAISE FOR JOSÉ SARAMAGO

"Saramago is arguably the greatest writer of our time . . . He has the power to throw a dazzling flash of lightning on his subjects, an eerily and impossibly prolonged moment of clarity that illuminates details beyond the power of sunshine to reveal."--Chicago Tribune "Reading the Portuguese writer José Saramago, one quickly senses the presence of a master."--The Christian Science Monitor

About the Author:

JOSÉ SARAMAGO is one of the most acclaimed writers in the world today. He is the author of numerous novels, including All the Names, Blindness, and The Cave. In 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.MARGARET JULL COSTA is the premier translator of Portuguese literature into English today.

JOSÉ SARAMAGO is one of the most acclaimed writers in the world today. He is the author of numerous novels, including All the Names, Blindness, and The Cave. In 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

MARGARET JULL COSTA is the foremost translator of Portuguese literature into English.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harcourt
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0151012741
• ISBN 13: 9780151012749
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256