This author’s first novel, which follows a widow who engages in an affair with her brother-in-law, was retitled Land of Sin. A character created by this author works at the “Central Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths.” In a novel by this author, whose sequel was translated by this author’s widow Pilar del Río, a character uses a stiletto heel to kick a car thief who is shot after developing an infection. In the sequel to a novel by this author of All the Names, a “dog of tears” reappears (10[1])as the only named character and an election occurs in which the majority of ballots are blank. In a novel by this author, characters like the girl with the dark glasses are quarantined in a ward and the doctor’s wife is the only one not affected by the title (10[1])“white sickness.” For 10 points, name this Portuguese author of Blindness. ■END■