R.I.P. Jose Saramago

I was really sad to hear that Jose Saramago passed away yesterday. I've had several of his novels sitting on my nightstand waiting to be read for some time now and am nearly through reading Death With Interruptions. I was drawn to his writing when I heard of his novel about Fernando Pessoa's heteronym Ricardo Reis, The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis.

His style is often dense, but enjoyable, and I cannot wait to really dig in to the remainder of his works.