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What happens when Tertuliano M-ximo Afonso, a professor of history, discovers at thirty-eight that there is a man living in the same city who is identical to him, but not related by blood at all. How do we know who we are? What do we mean by identity? What defines us as individual, unique people? Could we ever come to terms with the existence of another person with our voice, our features, our everything, down to the smallest distinguishing mark? Could we change places with our double without those closest to us noticing? Jos- Saramago's new novel can be read as an existential thriller, but it is above all a work of literature that immerses us in the essential questions of life.
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Review:
"A Borgesian fable with a marvellous flavour all its own." (Philip Hensher, The Spectator)
"An ugly, truthful fable with a unique music." (Philip Hensher, Observer)
Book Description:
"An ugly, truthful fable with a unique music." (Philip Hensher, Observer)
A major new novel by the winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for Literature
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- PublisherHarvill Press
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 1843431076
- ISBN 13 9781843431077
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages304
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