Despite the heavy rain, the presiding officer at Polling Station 14 finds it odd that by midday on National Election day, only a handful of voters have turned out, Puzzlement swiftly escalates to shock when the final count reveals seventy per cent of the votes are blank - not spoiledí simply blank. National law decrees the election should be repeated eight days later. The result is worse; eighty-three per cent of the votes are blank. The authorities, seized with panic, decamp from the capital and declare a state of emergency. In his new novel, José Saramago has deftly created the politician's ultimate nightmare: disillusionment that renders the entire democratic system useless. Seeing explores how simply this could be achieved and howdevastatingthe results might be.
Containing 74 essays written over the last ten years, this book covers a range of subjects including the literature of the perceived masters and of Rushdie's contemporaries, the politics of colonia...
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