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Jose Saramago's book, "All the Names", is a story about a low-level file clerk who becomes obsessed with a woman he knows only from an index card. Senhor Jose is a low-level clerk who leads us on an exploration not only of his loneliness but of his quest for an unknown woman, and along the way, just as many of us often do Senhor Jose questions in varying degrees importance, courage, and near the end …

…conversation between Senhor Jose and the shepherd. The run-on sentences, commas, and capitalizations make the conversation between the two characters difficult to follow. However, as a whole, the story itself is an interesting adventure that stirs emotion and raises the awareness that we are all on a quest of our own. Our destinations are the same, but the paths that we cross and the roads that we take along the way make our journeys fulfilling.