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The double
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- Book Synopsis
- Watching a rented video, Tertuliano Maximo Afonso is shocked to notice that one of the actors is identical to him in every physical detail. What begins as curiosity quickly hardens into obsession. Tertuliano tracks down his double, only to find a man whose existence destabilises his own identity entirely. Saramago's novel explores the nature of individuality and examines the fear and insecurity that arise when our singularity comes under threat. For in this tense psychological literary thriller, the discovery of a double does not divide one life into two, it reveals that it was never singular to begin with.
- About The Author
- José Saramago is one of the most important international writers of the last hundred years. Born in Portugal in 1922, he was in his sixties when he came to prominence as a writer with the publication of Baltasar and Blimunda. A huge body of work followed, translated into more than forty languages, and in 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Saramago died in June 2010.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780099461654
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics, (06 October 2005)
- Number of Pages
- 292
- Weight
- 218 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 130 x 20 mm
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