Blindness

What is the author's style in Blindness by Jose Saramago?

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The language of the novel is complex and rich and is simultaneously engaging and difficult. Sentences are often extremely lengthy and can span paragraphs and even entire pages. Punctuation is not used entirely consistently; for example, mid-sentence capitalization is often used to denote what would typically be considered a new sentence. This unusual style of conjunction allows seemingly disparate sentences, frequently dialogue, to be juxtaposed and thereby elucidate subtle meaning.

It is worth noting that the language used is often offensive and may be deemed nearly unreadable and inappropriate for some audiences.