The Double

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What happens when Tertuliano Máximo Afonso, a 38 year-old professor of history, discovers that there is a man living in the same city who is identical to him in every physical detail, but not related by blood at all. And what happens when each of these men attempt to investigate each other’s lives?

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SKU: 9780099461654 Category: Tags: , , Publisher/imprint : Vintage Classics
Page count : 292
Published on 6th October, 2005

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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…

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Weight 0.213 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 1.8 cm
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