Blindness

In Nobel Prize–winning author Saramago’s experimental South American novel, a “white blindness” epidemic hits a city card. The blind are sent to a mental hospital to try to contain the virus, leaving them vulnerable to theft and assault. It’s a powerful tale of us vs them, the blind vs the sighted, and what it means to keep your humanity in the face of the unknown. I recommended this experimental South American novel to Max Dunn on episode 48 of What Should I Read Next. (He read it; he liked it.)