A general theory of oblivion
By: José Eduardo Agualusa ; translated from the Portuguese by Daniel Hahn
Contributors: Hahn, Daniel, translator
Edition: First Archipelago books edition.
Publisher: Archipelago
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780914671312
Subjects: Women hermits; Fiction
Work titles: Teoria geral do esquecimento
Description: "As the country goes through various political upheavals from colony to socialist republic to civil war to peace and capitalism, the world outside seeps into Ludo's life through snippets on the radio, voices from next door, glimpses of someone peeing on a balcony, or a man fleeing his pursuers. A General Theory of Oblivion is a perfectly crafted, wild patchwork of a novel, playing on a love of storytelling and fable"--