
- Publisher:
- VINTAGE
- Year of publication:
- 2005
- ISBN:
- 978-0-09-946165-4
- Pages:
- 292
THE DOUBLE
JOSÉ SARAMAGO
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...