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Jose Eduardo Agualusa

A General Theory of Oblivion

Sprachen: Englisch. 19,8 cm / 13,1 cm / 2,0 cm ( B/H/T )
EAN 9780099593126
Übersetzer Übersetzt von Daniel Hahn
13,00 €
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256 Seiten
Mai 2016
Vintage Publishing

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. Until one day she meets Sabalu, a young boy from the street.

José Eduardo Agualusa was born in Huambo, Angola, 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, The Book of Chameleons won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, and A General Theory of Oblivion won the DUBLIN Literary Award and was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize.