Southern Africa
Angola
Contemporary
Portuguese
Fiction
Narrated by a gecko, the novel follows a man who forges identities for people who want to erase their pasts — in a country where everyone has something to hide after decades of civil war.
Literary Significance
Independent Foreign Fiction Prize winner; Agualusa is Angola's most internationally recognized living writer
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editorial-summarynot primary textNarrated by a gecko, the novel follows a man who forges identities for people who want to erase their pasts — in a country where everyone has something to hide after decades of civil war. Independent Foreign Fiction Prize winner; Agualusa is Angola's most internationally recognized living writer
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