José Eduardo Agualusa A General Theory of Oblivion (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: A General Theory of OblivionCondition: NewEAN: 9780099593126ISBN: 9780099593126Publisher: VintageFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/18/2016Language: PortugueseItem Height: 198mmItem Length: 129mmItem Width: 16mmItem Weight: 181gISBN-10: 0099593122Description: WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2017A finalist for the Man Booker International Prize 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.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBAuthor: José Eduardo AgualusaTranslator: Daniel HahnContributor: Daniel Hahn (Translated by)Genre: FictionRelease Year: 2016 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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