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A general theory of oblivion
- Title
- A general theory of oblivion / José Eduardo Agualusa ; translated from the Portuguese by Daniel Hahn.
- Author
- Agualusa, José Eduardo, 1960-
- Publication
- London : Harvill Secker, [2015]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Hahn, Daniel
- Description
- 240 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- This is the brilliant new novel from the winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. On the eve of Angolan independence, Ludo bricks herself into her apartment, where she will remain for the next thirty years. She lives off vegetables and pigeons, burns her furniture and books to stay alive and keeps herself busy by writing her story on the walls of her home. The outside world slowly seeps into Ludo's life through snippets on the radio, voices from next door, glimpses of a man fleeing his pursuers and a note attached to a bird's foot. Until one day she meets Sabalu, a young boy from the street who climbs up to her terrace. As the stories of those she sees from her window unfold and intersect, Agualusa transports us far beyond the confines of Ludo's apartment and out on to the streets of Angola.
- Uniform Title
- Teoria geral do esquecimento. English
- Alternative Title
- Teoria geral do esquecimento.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Angolan fiction (Portuguese)
- Language (note)
- Translated from the Portuguese.
- Call Number
- Sc D 15-1551
- ISBN
- 9781846558474
- 1846558476
- OCLC
- 910079208
- Author
- Agualusa, José Eduardo, 1960- author.
- Title
- A general theory of oblivion / José Eduardo Agualusa ; translated from the Portuguese by Daniel Hahn.
- Publisher
- London : Harvill Secker, [2015]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Local Note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Language
- Translated from the Portuguese.
- Added Author
- Hahn, Daniel, translator.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 15-1551