A general theory of oblivion.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Agualusa, José Eduardo, 1960-

Contributor:

Hahn, Danny, translator.

Isaac Norris Library Fund.

Language:

English

Portuguese

Subjects (All):

Women hermits--Angola--Luanda (Luanda)--Fiction.

Women hermits.

Angola.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

240 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

United Kingdom : Harvill Secker.

Language Note:

Translated from the Portuguese.

Summary:

This is the brilliant new novel from the winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. 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. The outside world slowly seeps into Ludo's life through snippets on the radio, voices from next door, glimpses of a man fleeing his pursuers and a note attached to a bird's foot. Until one day she meets Sabalu, a young boy from the street who climbs up to her terrace. As the stories of those she sees from her window unfold and intersect, Agualusa transports us far beyond the confines of Ludo's apartment and out on to the streets of Angola.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Isaac Norris Library Fund.

ISBN:

9781846558474

1846558476

OCLC:

910079208

Publisher Number:

99963518466