For ten points, identify this novel about the titular condition which renders people incapable of seeing, a novel by Jose Saramago.
This novel begins with an old man coming to a stop at a traffic light and refusing to begin again, causing a passerby to drive the man home. A dog in this novel licks the tears from a woman's face, which earns it the nickname "dog of tears". While some characters are stuck in a hospital, a gang led by a man with a gun forces them to pay for food, and forces the women to submit to rape, although a doctor's wife stabs them with scissors and sets fire to their barracks, allowing her to lead the patients to her home. One character is afflicted with the titular condition while having sex for money in a hotel room. For ten points, identify this novel about the titular condition which renders people incapable of seeing, a novel by Jose Saramago.
This novel begins with an old man coming to a stop at a traffic light and refusing to begin again, causing a passerby to drive the man home.
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