Blindness

What would happen if one day, the world's entire population were suddenly afflicted by an epidemic of blindness?

Think about it for a moment.

How would you find your way home from work if you were suddenly blind? How would you collect your children from their schools? How would planes land, or goods be transported, or utilities maintained?

How long would any one of us have before we experienced the complete breakdown of this civilized, thoroughly modern society?

If those questions intrigue you, and if you are up for reading a piece of finely wrought literature that will challenge you in surprising ways, then I suggest you read "Blindness", a novel written by Jose Saramago.

I've just started reading......and I have to tell you, it's brilliant.