Reflecting on learning that he had won the 1998 Nobel Prize for Literature, José Saramago said, "I never felt more alone in my entire life as in that moment. A feeling of solitude that was absolute, absolute, absolute..." In this intimate program—filmed on location in Portugal, the Canary Islands, and Spain—Saramago; his wife, journalist Pilar del Río; and others analyze the life and work of the preeminent Portuguese writer while capturing the hectic period prior to the Nobel award ceremony—days filled with banquets and book signings, tours and tributes, and, not surprisingly, great fatigue balanced by Saramago’s characteristic good humor. (50 minutes)