José Saramago's All the Names (1997) | Book Review and Analysis

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 1998 was awarded to José Saramago. This is a reflection on All the Names (Todos os nomes). English translation by Maragaret Jull Costa published by Harcourt in 1999.

Contents:
00:00 – Intro and Nobel Prize citation
00:55 – My experience with Saramago
01:55 – Premise and protagonist
03:11 – Solitude
04:16 – The sense of a quest
05:26 – Style
07:16 – The narrator
08:38 – Connections with other texts
10:57 – My impressions
12:40 – Bottom line