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"Beyond the frontiers of our country, people continue to die as normal. Which is a good sign."
In José Saramago's Death with Interruptions, people stop dying. At least within the borders of a specific unnamed country. Saramago explores the crisis and confusion around this phenomenon primarily from the standpoint of characters representing the interests of church, state and commerce. And then, about midway through the book, with the announced return of death, our primary perspective changes to a woman who is the personification of death and a cellist who somehow doesn't receive her summons. In my mind, this rescued a book that had mostly run its course and kept things engaging to the end. 3.5 stars
In José Saramago's Death with Interruptions, people stop dying. At least within the borders of a specific unnamed country. Saramago explores the crisis and confusion around this phenomenon primarily from the standpoint of characters representing the interests of church, state and commerce. And then, about midway through the book, with the announced return of death, our primary perspective changes to a woman who is the personification of death and a cellist who somehow doesn't receive her summons. In my mind, this rescued a book that had mostly run its course and kept things engaging to the end. 3.5 stars