Large numbers of voters turned out, though every voting queue had a police spy in it to determine why so many blank votes had been submitted. The government feels that it has no choice but to order another election, which duly takes place. Seventy percent have submitted blank votes. However, when the votes are counted in the capital, only twenty-five percent of the voters have voted for one of three parties. The government has to allow extra time for voting. The weather does clear up somewhat, later in the day, and more people do turn up. No-one turns up to vote, so that the polling officers phone their families to urge them to vote. It is pouring with rain and even the polling officers are delayed. At the beginning we follow the story from polling station fourteen. There are three parties – the right wing, centre and left wing parties. It is set in the same fictitious country and the events in this novel take place four years after the events in Ensaio sobre a cegueira (Blindness). This novel follows on, to a certain degree, from Ensaio sobre a cegueira (Blindness). Home » Portugal » José Saramago » Ensaio sobre a Lucidez (Seeing) José Saramago: Ensaio sobre a Lucidez (Seeing)
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