Seeing by José Saramago, Margaret Jull Costa (Translator)

Seeing by José Saramago, Margaret Jull Costa (Translator)Despite the heavy rain, the presiding officer at Polling Station 14 finds it odd that by midday on National Election day, only a handful of voters have turned out. Puzzlement swiftly escalates to shock when eventually, after an extension, the final count reveals seventy per cent of the votes are blank not spoiled, simply blank. National law decrees the election should be repeated eight days later. The result is worse; eighty three per cent of the

and its cross-border influences

START WITH WHY asks (and answers) the questions: why are some people and organizations more innovative

it exposes the interaction of city-dwellers with this teeming

Roland's every step is shadowed by a terrible and sinister creation

kama (erotic desire) and moksha (enlightenment or liberation)… Sexual satisfaction is thus essential for a full and healthy experience of life

He is Terry Maitland

When he promised never to come back

shown here in her epoch-making pieces 'Notes on Camp' and 'Against Interpretation'

First published in 1968 and never out of print

This is the account of a journey to the dazzling Tibetan plateau of Dolpo in the high Himalayas

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Himalaya is a panoramic