000			a
999			_c32141 _d32141
008			230913b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9780099573586
082			_a869.342 _bSAR
100			_aSaramago, Jose
245			_aBlindness
260			_bVintage _c1999 _aLondon :
300			_a309 p. ; _c20 cm
365			_b599.00 _cINR _d01
490			_aVintage Classics
504			_aTranslated from the Portuguese.
520			_aPortuguese novelist Jose Saramago's spellbinding tale begins when an unnamed man in an unnamed city is suddenly struck blind. In the days that follow, everyone he comes in contact with comes down with the mysterious condition. As the blindness spreads to epidemic proportions, the government responds by isolating the infected in an abandoned mental hospital where social conditions quickly deteriorate.
650			_aHysterical blindness
650			_aEpidemic
650			_aFiction
700			_aPontiero, Giovanni _etr.
942			_2ddc _cBK