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A General Theory of Oblivion - José Eduardo Agualusa, Daniel Hahn
A General Theory of Oblivion
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The brilliant new novel from the winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.On the eve of Angolan independence an agoraphobic woman named Ludo bricks herself into her apartment for 30 years, living off vegetables and the pigeons she lures in with diamonds, burning her furniture and books to... show more
The brilliant new novel from the winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.On the eve of Angolan independence an agoraphobic woman named Ludo bricks herself into her apartment for 30 years, living off vegetables and the pigeons she lures in with diamonds, burning her furniture and books to stay alive and writing her story on the apartment’s walls.Almost as if we’re e
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781846558474 (1846558476)
Publisher: Harvill Secker
Pages no: 245
Edition language: English
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3.5 Literature Without Balls: "A General Theory of Oblivion" by José Eduardo Agualusa, Daniel Hahn (translator)
text Literature Without Balls: "A General Theory of Oblivion" by José Eduardo Agualusa, Daniel Hahn (translator)
Published 2015 (English Edition), published 2012 (Portuguese Edition) “If I had the space, the charcoal, and available walls, I could compose a great work about forgetting: a general theory of oblivion.” I read this in the original Portuguese when it came out in 2012. And as soon as I got the En...
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