The Double
Author: José Saramago
What happens when Tertuliano Maximo Afonso, a 38-year-old professor of history, discovers that there is a man living in the same city who is identical to him on every physical detail, but not related by blood at all. And what happens when each of these men attempt to investigate each other’s lives? How do we know who we are? What do we mean by identity? What defines us as….Read More
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