The release date for the English version of 'Death with Interruptions' by
José Saramago is Oct 2008. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
What happens when the terrible reaper declares there won't be any more deaths? is the intriguing issue posed in Nobel Prize winner Jose Saramago's outstanding new book.
Nobody passes away on New Year's Day. This, of course, causes consternation among politicians, religious leaders, morticians, and doctors. On the other side, there are first widespread celebrations among the general population. People are dancing in the streets, and flags are strung from balconies. The ultimate aim of mankind has been accomplished: everlasting life. Then the grim truth sets in: life insurance plans become useless, families are left to care for the terminally ill, and funeral homes are relegated to planning the last resting places of pets like dogs, cats, hamsters, and parrots.
Death sits in her chilly apartment, where she lives alone with scythe and filing cabinets and contemplates her experiment: What if there was never another death? What if she, death with a tiny "d," evolved into a person and experienced romantic love?