Olemba abwino amakonda Saramago Ndiwo omwe amasunga ntchito zawo nthawi zonse. Chifukwa ngati ntchito ili ndi umunthu womwe udasungidwa mu zolemba za alchemy, chidwi cha kukhalapo chimakwaniritsidwa. Nkhani yakumapeto kwa zaluso kapena zolemba zina ifika pamtengo woyenera womwe umapangitsa kuti ikhale yopanda nthawi.
José Saramago wazaka 25 yemwe adalemba bukuli kudziko lapansi adawona mawonekedwe ake ofunikira ndikufunika kochitira umboni. China chake chomwe chimachitika kwa wolemba aliyense yemwe amakhala pansi kwambiri, pansi pa zikwi chimodzi ndi chimodzi chomwe chimasokoneza cholinga chimenecho, chifuniro chomaliza chofalitsa gawo la umunthu lomwe akuyenera kufotokozera. Mtunduwu umakhala wopukutidwa bwino nthawi zonse, ma wefts amatha kufotokozedwa bwino. Kukhala phee kwaukalamba kumachokera kuzinthu zina zowoneka bwino makamaka mawonekedwe. Koma pansi pamaluso, matope, amatha kudziwika bwino pantchito yachinyamata ngati iyi.
Mwamuna wake atamwalira, Maria Leonor, mayi wa ana awiri, akumva kuthedwa nzeru ndi zovuta pakuwongolera malo ake ku Alentejo, ziyembekezo za anthu komanso kuwongolera chilengedwe chake. Pambuyo pa miyezi ingapo ali wokhumudwa kwambiri, aganiza zomaliza kuti akwaniritse udindo wake monga mwini dzikolo, koma mtima wake umazunzidwa ndi tchimo lobisika: ngakhale kulira, chikhumbo chake sichinathe.
Pakati pamaganizidwe okhudza chikondi, kupita kwa nthawi komanso kusintha kosangalatsa kwachilengedwe, mkazi wamasiyeyu amakhala usiku akugona, akuyang'ana zokonda za atsikana ake komanso kusungulumwa kwake. Mpaka amuna awiri osiyana kwambiri atalowa m'moyo wake ndipo tsogolo lake mosayembekezereka limagwa.
Yolembedwa mu 1947, Mkazi wamasiye ndi buku loyamba la wolemba, lomwe lidasindikizidwa ku Portugal motsogozedwa ndi Terra amachimwa mwa chisankho cha mkonzi. Lero, pamene zaka zana za wolemba zikondwerera, imasindikizidwa koyamba m'Chisipanishi, polemekeza mutu wake woyambirira, nkhaniyi yolembedwa ndi a José Saramago achichepere, omwe akuyembekeza wolemba wamkulu yemwe tonse timamudziwa. Njira yake yoyang'ana padziko lapansi ndi zina mwamalemba ake otchuka kwambiri zilipo kale: mphamvu yodabwitsa yofotokoza komanso munthu wosaiwalika wamkazi.
Mukutha tsopano kugula buku la «La viuda», lolembedwa ndi José Saramago, apa:
