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Death with Interruptions

By José Saramago

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Death with Interruptions

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Nobel Prize-winner Jose Saramago's brilliant novel poses the question--what happens when the grim reaper decides there will be no more death? On the first day of the new year, no one dies. This of course causes consternation among politicians, religious leaders, morticians, and doctors. Among the general public, on the other hand, there is initially celebration--flags are hung out on balconies, people dance in the streets. They have achieved the great goal of humanity: eternal life. Then reality hits home--families are left to care for the permanently dying, life-insurance policies become meaningless, and funeral parlors are reduced to arranging burials for pet dogs, cats, hamsters, and parrots. Death sits in her chilly apartment, where she lives alone with scythe and filing cabinets, and contemplates her experiment: What if no one ever died again? What if she, death with a small d, became human and were to fall in love?
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
256
Release Date:
2009-09-02
Publication Date:
2009-09-01
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0547247885
ISBN13:
9780547247885
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
327 g
Height:
133 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
16 cm
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