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The society of reluctant dreamers
- Title
- The society of reluctant dreamers / José Eduardo Agualusa ; translated from Portuguese by Daniel Hahn.
- Author
- Agualusa, José Eduardo, 1960-
- Publication
- London : Harvill Secker, 2019.
- ©2019
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Hahn, Daniel
- Description
- 271 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "Swimming in the clear blue waters of the Rainbow Hotel, Daniel Benchimol finds a waterproof camera, belonging to Moira, a Mozambican artist, famous for a series of photos depicting her own dreams - a woman he, Daniel, dreams about repeatedly. The two meet, and Daniel becomes involved in a mysterious project with a Brazilian neuroscientist, who's working with Moira on a machine to film and photograph people's dreams. This is just one of many dreamlike encounters, as characters appear in each others' dreams and the dreams of people around them. Meanwhile, Daniel's daughter Karinguiri, one of Angola's young dreamers, is arrested along with six friends for staging a protest during a presidential press conference in Luanda. The group go on hunger strike, attracting worldwide press attention, showing the power of young people when they raise their voices against the regime. The Society of Involuntary Dreamers is a story of art versus dictatorship, the place of dreams in our waking lives and how they blur with reality, set against the political backdrop of Angola's tumultuous past and present."--Provided by publisher.
- Uniform Title
- Sociedade dos sonhadores involuntários. English
- Alternative Title
- Sociedade dos sonhadores involuntários.
- Subjects
- Mozambicans
- Brazilians
- Angola
- Neuroscientists
- Protest movements
- Magic realist fiction
- Angola > Fiction
- Mozambicans > Angola > Fiction
- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Neuroscientists > Fiction
- Brazilians > Angola > Fiction
- Protest movements > Fiction
- Women photographers > Fiction
- Dreams > Fiction
- Fathers and daughters > Fiction
- Genre/Form
- Psychological fiction.
- Magic realist fiction.
- Fiction.
- Note
- Sociedade dos sonhadores involuntários.
- "First published with the title A Sociedade dos Sonhadores Involuntários in Portugal by Quetzal Editores in 2017"--Title page verso.
- Language (note)
- Translated from the Portuguese.
- Call Number
- Sc D 20-397
- ISBN
- 9781787300552
- 1787300552
- OCLC
- 1104593802
- Author
- Agualusa, José Eduardo, 1960- author.
- Title
- The society of reluctant dreamers / José Eduardo Agualusa ; translated from Portuguese by Daniel Hahn.
- Publisher
- London : Harvill Secker, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Language
- Translated from the Portuguese.
- Added Author
- Hahn, Daniel, translator.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 20-397