A General Theory of Oblivion

By - Agualusa José Eduardo

Floor - Floor 3

Published - Vintage Books, London, 2016

ISBN 10 - 0099593122

ISBN 13 - 9780099593126

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Angola

Shelf No - 10

Call Number - 869.3 AGU

Physical Description - 240 pages ; 20 cm

Notes - Includes Index

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL 2016 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.

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