{"product_id":"9781529426489","title":"Jose Eduardo Agualusa - The Book of Chameleons","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Jose Eduardo Agualusa. Themes include Fiction, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends \u0026amp; Mythology, Literary, Mystery \u0026amp; Detective, Romance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eIngenious, consistently taut and witty' \u003ci\u003eTls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Humorous and quizzical, with a light touch on weighty themes, the narrative darts about with lizard-like colour and velocity' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Strange, elliptical, charming' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A poetic, beguiling meditation on truth and storytelling . . . from the dreamscapes of magical realism to a gripping political thriller and even a murder mystery' \u003ci\u003eNew Internationalist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Félix Ventura trades in memories, a slippery character selling new pasts to people whose bright futures lack only a good lineage, and wiping clean the slate of their identity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In a narrative that darts between past and present Angola, a bookish albino man, a beautiful woman, a mysterious foreigner and a witty talking lizard come together to discover their real origins. For theirs is a world where the truth seems to shift from moment to moment and where history itself is up for grabs . . .\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWinner Of The \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e Foreign Fiction Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A work of fierce originality' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Without doubt one of the most important Portuguese-language writers of his generation' AntÓNio Lobo Antunes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Cross J. M. Coetzee with Gabriel García Márquez and you've got José Eduardo Agualusa'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eAlan Kaufman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Translated from the Portuguese by Daniel Hahn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58182777962870,"sku":null,"price":8.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9781529426489.jpg?v=1782831831","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9781529426489","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}