num_pages: 304
description: Watching a rented video, Tertuliano Maximo Afonso is shocked to notice that one of the actors is identical to him in every physical detail. He embarks on a secret quest to find his double and sets in motion a train of events that he cannot control. Saramago's novel explores the nature of individuality and examines the fear and insecurity that arise when our singularity comes under threat, when even a wife cannot tell the original from the imposter...
language: English
title: The Double
titlecomplete: The Double
characters: António Claro, Carolina Màximo, Maria da Paz, Helena Claro, Tertuliano Máximo Afonso
genres: Fiction, Magical Realism, Literature, Classics, Novels, Portugal, Nobel Prize, Contemporary, Fantasy, Portuguese Literature
ratings_count: 20024
publisher: Vintage