This is sad news. I have read many of his books and found them enjoyable, although he used the same formula many times: the world - something we take for grante

This is sad news. I have read many of his books and found them enjoyable, although he used the same formula many times: the world - something we take for granted = interesting story. Here is an interview from 2006 with Saramago entitled "Still a street-fighting man": http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2006/apr/30/fiction.features1 http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2006/apr/30/fiction.features...