NP: Jose Saramago, RIP

[Alex Colter]

I only ever read him in translation as well, but I have no doubt a great
writer has passed...'tis a solemn day indeed.

On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Emma Wrigley <ecwrigley at excite.co.uk>wrote:

>  I only ever read Blindness and that was in translation, but I loved it. I
> found the prose actually rich in their sparsity, which is a difficult line
> to walk I think. Stylistically brilliant and it carried me along
> sufficiently to read it in one sitting - this probably added to my emotional
> response to the novel. I read it recently so I came late to Saramago. I'm
> going to have to get back on that horse.
>
> A real loss.
>
>
> <-----Original Message----->
> >From: rich [richard.romeo at gmail.com]
> >Sent: 18/6/2010 3:26:01 PM
> >To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> >Subject: Re: Re: NP: Jose Saramago, RIP
> >
> >who knows, maybe its wuz the translations or my thick brain but I
> >found his books awfully dull. fwiw, Antunes was a whole lot better
> >imho and a lot more deserving of that big dick prize. if u wanna know
> >about fascism (psychological political and familial) in Portugal he's
> >yr man
> >
> >check out Fado Alexandrino and Inquistor's Manual
> >
> >rich
> >On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Mark Kohut wrote:
> >> LilianaSegura :( RT @PublishersWkly Author Jose Saramago has died, at
> age
> >87 http://nyti.ms/9ikoFJ
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >.
> >
>
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