José Saramago
Foundation
excerpt of the day
April 1, 2026
Our daily book
There is a truly extraordinary moment in reading: when we interrupt it. When someone is reading a book with the pages open, but suddenly takes their eyes off the book and looks ahead. The reading is suspended, something has happened, something magical: it's as if the reading wants to transport the reader to another universe. It is then that the reader, by taking their eyes off the page, is looking at themselves. This is what happens in the relationship between the reader and the book; it is the state of grace that reading fosters.
(José Saramago in "Our Daily Book")
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Blimunda magazine is a monthly, digital and free publication edited by Fundação José Saramago. In December 2020, the hundredth issue of the magazine was published.
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