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When you need to hit the word count of an essay, but its kind of genius – Death with Interruptions (Week 11)

I did not expect to love this novel as much as I did. I was so hooked from the beginning. Given that I criticized Piglia heavily last week on how dense the text was with such a lack of dialogue I thought I would be saying the same for Saramago, but thi…

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with death, government, power

When you need to hit the word count of an essay, but its kind of genius – Death with Interruptions (Week 11)

I did not expect to love this novel as much as I did. I was so hooked from the beginning. Given that I criticized Piglia heavily last week on how dense the text was with such a lack of dialogue I thought I would be saying the same for Saramago, but thi…

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with death, government, power

Week 11: “Death With Interruptions” by José Saramago

Hey guys, I decided to read “Death With Interruptions” by José Saramago this week. I chose this book after reading the blurb and found it really interesting. Can you imagine a day when no one dies? I immediately thought about how if this happened in real life, would it really affect us and if so […]

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with death, Existentialism, government, immortality, José Saramago, mortality, religion

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