Description
| Product ID: | 9780099461654 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Double |
| Subtitle: | (Enemy) |
| Authors: | Author: Jose Saramago, Margaret Jull Costa |
| Page Count: | 304 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fantasy, Fiction in translation, Fantasy, Fiction in translation |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Watching a rented video, Tertuliano Maximo Afonso is shocked to notice that one of the actors is identical to him in every physical detail. 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... 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... |
| Imprint Name: | Vintage Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2005-10-06 |
