The Society of Reluctant Dreamers
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
29 August 2019
Summary
The new novel from the winners of the International DUBLIN Literary Award 2017, Jose Eduardo Agualusa and his translator Daniel Hahn.
While swimming in the clear blue waters of the Rainbow Hotel, Daniel Benchimol finds a waterproof camera, floating seemingly lost in the sea. He goes on to discover that the camera belongs to Moira, a Mozambican artist famous for a series of photos depicting her own dreams. On seeing the images, Daniel realises that Moira is also the mysterious woman wh…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781787300552 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1787300552 |
| Author: | José Eduardo Agualusa, Daniel Hahn |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Harvill Secker |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 29 August 2019 |
| Weight: | 307g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 135mm x 20mm |
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Agualusa consistently treats Angolan history and identity with the lyrical experimentalism and unabashed weirdness of the surrealist… he restores the vivifying potential of dreams as enablers of courage, conviction and transformation * The Arts Desk *
About The Author
José Eduardo Agualusa
Jose Eduardo Agualusa (Author)
Jose Eduardo Agualusa was born in Huambo, Angola, and is one of the leading literary voices in Angola and the Portuguese-speaking world. His novel Creole was awarded the Portuguese Grand Prize for Literature, The Book of Chameleons won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, and A General Theory of Oblivion won the DUBLIN Literary Award and was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize.
Daniel Hahn (Translator)
Daniel Hahn is a writer, editor and literary translator. He translates from Portuguese, Spanish and French and has translated literature from Europe, Africa and the Americas, including the work of Jose Eduardo Agualusa, Philippe Claudel, Maria Duenas, Eduardo Halfon, Jose Luis Peixoto, Jose Saramago and Gon alo M. Tavares. His translations have won literary awards including the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the International Dublin Literary Award, and been shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize and the LA Times Book Award. He is also the author of several works of non-fiction, including The Tower Menagerie and the forthcoming If This Be Magic, and the award-winning children’s picture-book Happiness is a Watermelon on Your Head, and is co-editor of ‘The Ultimate Book Guide’ series. He reviews for publications including the Guardian, Spectator and Prospect, and is former Chair of the Translators Association and the Society of Authors and former National Programme Director of the British Centre for Literary Translation.
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