Sunday, July 4, 2010

The Hindu : Literary Review / Tribute : Fabulist among the communists

The Hindu : Literary Review / Tribute : Fabulist among the communists: "Blurring boundaries:Jose Saramago.
The death of José Saramago (1922-2010) doesn't escape its sombre irony. It is a final punctuation mark inthe life of a writer who wrote in unpunctuated, seamless sentences. The man who designated the writer as an apprentice and his characters as masters, was ultimately forced to quit his training at the ripe age of eighty seven. Nevertheless, in tune with his working-class roots, Saramago kept his tryst with productivity as diligently as his respiratory illness worked against him." Full Text

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