A General Theory of Oblivion

Author(s): José Eduardo Agualusa

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL 2016. 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.

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Shortlisted for Man Booker International Prize 2016.

Jose Eduardo Agualusa was born in Huambo, Angola, in 1960, and is one of the leading literary voices in Angola and the Portuguese-speaking world.His novel Creole was awarded the Portuguese Grand Prize for Literature, and The Book of Chameleons won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 2007. Agualusa lives between Portugal, Angola and Brazil.

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  • : 9780099593126
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
  • : 0.211
  • : May 2016
  • : 13.20 cmmm X 19.70 cmmm X 1.90 cmmm
  • : books

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  • : José Eduardo Agualusa
  • : Paperback
  • : 1609
  • : en
  • : 869.35
  • : 256