Seeing

Download or read book Seeing written by José Saramago and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-09-20 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the heavy rain, the 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 the final count reveals seventy per cent of the votes are blank. National law decrees the election should be repeated but the result is even worse. The authorities, seized with panic, decamp from the capital and declare a state of emergency. When apathy and disillusionment renders an entire democratic system useless what happens next?