Blindness

I'm almost finished reading Blindness by Jose Saramago. It's one of the best books I've ever read. I was turned onto this book by seeing the movie (which I didn't know was based on a book until I saw the credits). The movie was pretty disappointing but the idea was fascinating so I thought the book might be better. So, yeah, it is. Have any of you read this? If so, what did you think? It's translated from Portuguese, so I wonder what the original is like. The writing style is singular to say the least. Wonderfully unique and poetic while still always sticking to the story at hand. If you haven't read it, you should.