false 54120 27 <div>Tertuliano Máximo Afonso is a history teacher in a secondary school. He is divorced, involved in a rather one-sided relationship with a bank clerk, and he is depressed. To lift his depression, a colleague suggests he rent a certain video. Tertuliano watches the film and is unimpressed. During the night, noises in his apartment wake him. He goes into the living room to find that the VCR is replaying the video, and as he watches in astonishment he sees a man who looks exactly like him-or, more specifically, exactly like the man he was five years before, mustachioed and fuller in the face. He sleeps badly.<br><br>Against his own better judgment, Tertuliano decides to pursue his double. As he establishes the man's identity, what begins as a whimsical story becomes a dark meditation on identity and, perhaps, on the crass assumption behind cloning-that we are merely our outward appearance rather than the sum of our experiences. <br><br></div> 895682 book 1382 The Double total:1075|5:234|4:391|3:322|2:97|1:31| 1075 3925 1774 151 4 4 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 29 19:37:40 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 07 17:52:32 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Sep 24 18:07:52 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 18:32:08 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 2 false false Tue Dec 11 13:30:52 -0800 2007 Sat Feb 02 13:37:07 -0800 2008 Jose A and Jose B, facial hair and frailty.

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In any event, this book contains a great deal of dinner...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 23 02:44:23 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 09:08:31 -0700 2009 The Double is a witty and humorous work on identity and human nature. Saramago's ability to capture our imagination with his unusual themes demonstrates his versatility as one of the greatest writers living today. In addition, his prose is replete with elegant phrasing; he has created his own idio...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:28:14 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:28:14 -0800 2009 The Double received decidedly mixed reviews. Certain critics applaud the urgency with which Saramago questions the nature of identity in our current age and the "what if" scenario. Others believe that Shakespeare, Dumas, and Nabokov have more effectively employed the twin construct. No one...

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Incredibly hard to read! This was a self-inflicted punishment by an insipid reader trying to introduce himself to a compulsively revolting writer!

Saramago, who is, like his name suggests, a "mago", or wizard, SINGLEHANDEDLY diminishes the joy that readin...more...]]> 5 0 false true Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 04:37:52 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 06:01:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 true false Sun Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 12:21:41 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 09:35:05 -0800 2009 Aun asi no me parece de lo mejor de este escritor. Es una novela sobria, interesante, no particularmente atrapante, pero si llevade...more...]]> 5 0 true false Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 06 13:04:01 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 26 16:53:55 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 07:44:37 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 07:52:52 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 16 17:37:42 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 28 17:04:21 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 17 11:20:49 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 13:29:01 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 08:06:11 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 14:19:22 -0700 2009
With "The Double", well, I would've been happier if it had been 100 pages shorter. I does pay off in the last 70 or so pages, but before that ... it just kind of goes on...more...]]>