| The Double Contributor(s): Saramago, José (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156032589 ISBN-13: 9780156032582 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2005 Annotation: Tertuliano Afonso is depressed. After a colleague suggests he rent a certain video, Tertuliano is astonished to see a man who looks exactly like him--or, more specifically, like he did five years before. Against his own better judgment, Tertuliano pursues his double. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Romance - Time Travel |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2004009224 |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 6.44" W x 7.98" (0.68 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Tertuliano Maximo Afonso is a divorced, depressed history teacher. To lift his spirits, a colleague suggests he rent a certain video. Tertuliano watches the film, unimpressed. But during the night, when he is awakened by noises in his apartment, he goes into the living room to find that the VCR is replaying the video. He watches in astonishment as a man who looks exactly like him-or, more specifically, exactly like he did five years before, mustachioed and fuller in the face-appears on the screen. He sleeps badly. Against his better judgment, Tertuliano decides to pursue his double. As he roots out the man's identity, what begins as a whimsical story becomes a "wonderfully twisted meditation on identity and individuality" (The Boston Globe). Saramago displays his remarkable talent in this haunting tale of appearance versus reality. |
Contributor Bio(s): Saramago, Jose: - JOSÉ SARAMAGO (1922-2010) was the author of many novels, among them Blindness, All the Names, Baltasar and Blimunda, and The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis. In 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Costa, Margaret Jull: -MARGARET JULL COSTA has established herself as the premier translator of Portuguese literature into English today. |