3.5
Seeing
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What begins as a satire on governments and the dubious efficacy of the democratic system turns into something far more sinister. As the story unfolds, "the humor is still tender but the tone darkens, tension rises" (Ursula K. Le Guin,
, UK).
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“Las obras de Saramago conforman, para mí, ejercicios creativos sumamente cautivantes. El escenario atinente a este libro corresponde a un proceso de elecciones en donde el voto blanco logra mayoría, a partir del cual el autor deja entrever su recelo y desconfianza respecto a las autoridades que componen un gobierno.
La historia constituye un llamado de atención acerca de las falencias de una democracia electoral representativa que no garantiza los derechos de sus ciudadanos ni la división de poderes. Los habitantes de esta ciudad ficticia, cuatro años posterior a la crisis sanitaria, moral y política que significó la epidemia, decidieron castigar la ineficiencia y corrupción del gobierno cuya pérdida de poder conllevó, afín a las reflexiones de Arendt, al uso de la violencia.
Una novela que es, y se mantendrá relevante, sobretodo en estos tiempos en que las grietas de la democracia liberal se acrecientan, a través de las cuales se inmiscuyen figuras autoritarias, en tanto su supervisión y fiscalización debe provenir, en primer lugar, de una ciudadanía consciente y lúcida.”
“We are all blind to what we don't want to see. Having sight or not doesn't change what we are afraid of. And so tragedy will pursue regardless. How thin the societal veneers.
Though the ending is not a happy one it is a story of hope and morality.”
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