The novel is written around a single conceit, but revealing that conceit is also the biggest possible spoiler, but I will say that those familiar with the subtle humor of Jorge Luis Borges will instantly get the point of this novel and probably a good giggle or two or three at one of its main conceits/surprises...Ta-Nehisi Coates Wades Into Literary Fiction with 'The Water Dancer'I'm a huge fan of science fiction/fantasy, surrealism, irrealism, magical realism (if it's Latin American or Czech) and...well...this voluptuous little novel satisfies so many reading needs: including some I didn't even know I had until they were satisfied and I was left gaping at the sheer amount of literary acrobatics achieved in a mere 180 pages. But even though the fighting is over there is still political upset and people trying to settle old scores.
People who pay him for it get new sets of identification papers, personal histories and backgrounds.Brief and rather quirky novel set in Angola.
“Happiness is almost always irresponsible.” As if you’re on the flying carpet traveling through the time and dreams, prior lives, imaginaBrief and rather quirky novel set in Angola. Refresh and try again. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account.The Book of Chameleons by José Eduardo AgualusaThis is first time I’ve read book from Angolan writer and I’m absolutely stunned. The Book Thief quizzes about important details and events in every section of the book. Wow. This book will suck you in. though he has authored nearly a dozen works,
The gecko is articulate and charming; he appears to have been a man in a previous life and he dreams. Os seus livros estão traduzidos em 25 idiomas.Quite a different sort of book, narrated largely by a gecko observing the proceedings from a wall in Felix Ventura's home. There are dreams and sometimes you are not sure what is real and what is dreamscape. And then there are the others: The man who buys a past and goes out to find proof of it, the photographer of light and an ex-gent who emerges from the sewer - and with him some of Angolas troubled past...I'm a huge fan of science fiction/fantasy, surrealism, irrealism, magical realism (if it's Latin American or Czech) and...well...this voluptuous little novel satisfies so many reading needs: including some I didn't even know I had until they were satisfied and I was left gaping at the sheer amount of literary acrobatics achieved in a mere 180 pages. Further off we see the serenity of a river, and the trees embracing its banks.
Agualusa uses some of the tropes and tricks of magical realism to tell a looping, circular story that interrogates the nature of truth, the power of storytelling (a form of lying), and how both inform our identities. Come to Felix and he will provide documentation and photographs of grandparents and illustrious ancestors.
Further off we see the serenity of a river, and the trees embracing its banks. The narrator is a gecko!! Angela Lucia, a kind, beautiful woman, Felix Ventura's lover, right?
A bit strange but a good read that has won several literary prizes. There are so many folks who want to run away from their pasts that our main character, an African albino, has a business inventing new past lives for people. A strange book. The narrator is a gecko living in the house of Felix Ventura.
The Book of Chameleons shows how it isn’t just a state and academic matter, but one of everyday people; bringing it down to the personal, mundane, and clandestine. We are drawn instantly into a rather absurd plot involving memory, history, perception, and reality and its often radical divergences from truth...we also get murder, politics, lust, and...um...a reptilian narrator. We see the cattle slowly grazing, a couple running, holding hands, children dancing around a football, the ball shining in the sun (another sun). This is book about the landscape of memory and its inconsistencies and randomness, about how we can remember things that never happened with extraordinary vividness, and forget things that did. This is first time I’ve read book from Angolan writer and I’m absolutely stunned. No one is quite what they seem. The Book of Chameleons is a tale of lost, misplaced and falsified identities… “As we get old, the only certainty we’re left with is that we will soon be older still.
Really quirky characters that just fascinate the reader. "Tired of all these novels here with humans as narrators?
He views and comments on Felix's visitors, his odd career, his unusual decor and, in return, Felix shares thoughts with him (anthropomorphizing totally here) about Brazil, Angola, people.
This is such an interesting way to present the truths and lies of history, especially in a country torn by revolt and resistance.Tired of all these novels here with humans as narrators? Felix is an albino who creates memories and a past for people. This book was like a dream. Estudou Silvicultura e Agronomia em Lisboa, Portugal.
The chapters are short and focused and each are introduced with a catchy or matter of fact title.
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It was born in, and has never left, this house of an albino who brings home prostitutes (sometimes decent women too) and who is visited by people needing his unique services. I discovered this book as a result of my daily pageaday calendar. Lots of vivid imagery about light, time, and place. Then try this one for a change. I thought I was reading Gabriel Garcia Marquez but it's really a homage to Jorges Luis Borges, whom I've never read. The albino is colorless as the image of an albino projects, but is he? (Splendor of Portugal by Antonio Lobo Antunes, which I reviewed, gives us more about war in Angola.) One of the most original work I’ve read this year.
He views and comments on Felix's visitors, his odd career, his unusual decor and, in return, Felix shares thoughts with him (anthropomorphizing totally here) about Brazil, Angola, people. The narrator is a gecko living in the house of Felix Ventura.
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