欧宝娱乐

Jump to ratings and reviews
Rate this book

螣 维谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰蟼 伪谓蟿委纬蟻伪蠁慰

Rate this book
O 韦蔚蟻蟿慰蠀位喂维谓慰 螠维蟽喂渭慰 螒蠁蠈谓蟽慰, 魏伪胃畏纬畏蟿萎蟼 蟿畏蟼 螜蟽蟿慰蟻委伪蟼 蟽蔚 纬蠀渭谓维蟽喂慰, 味蔚喂 渭蠈谓慰蟼 魏伪喂 蟺位萎蟿蟿蔚喂路 蠀蟺萎蟻尉蔚 蟺伪谓蟿蟻蔚渭苇谓慰蟼 魏伪喂 未蔚谓 胃蠀渭维蟿伪喂 蟿喂 蟿慰谓 慰未萎纬畏蟽蔚 蟽蟿慰 纬维渭慰, 蟺萎蟻蔚 未喂伪味蠉纬喂慰 魏伪喂 蟿蠋蟻伪 未蔚谓 胃蠀渭维蟿伪喂 慰蠉蟿蔚 蟿慰蠀蟼 位蠈纬慰蠀蟼 纬喂伪 蟿慰蠀蟼 慰蟺慰委慰蠀蟼 蠂蠋蟻喂蟽蔚, 蔚谓蠋 蟿畏谓 螜蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蟿畏 尾位苇蟺蔚喂 蔚未蠋 魏伪喂 魏伪喂蟻蠈 蠅蟼 渭喂伪 魏蠈蟺蠅蟽畏 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 谓蠈畏渭伪 魏伪喂 渭喂伪 伪蟻蠂萎 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 蟿苇位慰蟼.
螆谓伪 尾蟻维未蠀, 蟺伪蟻伪魏慰位慰蠀胃蠋谓蟿伪蟼 渭喂伪 蟿伪喂谓委伪 蟽蟿慰 尾委谓蟿蔚慰, 伪谓伪魏伪位蠉蟺蟿蔚喂 蠈蟿喂 蠀蟺维蟻蠂蔚喂 蟽蟿畏谓 委未喂伪 蟺蠈位畏 苇谓伪蟼 伪蟺蠈位蠀蟿慰蟼 未委未蠀渭慰蟼, 苇谓伪蟼 蟽蠅蟽委伪蟼, 苇谓伪 伪谓蟿委纬蟻伪蠁蠈 蟿慰蠀.
螚 伪蠁萎纬畏蟽畏 伪蠀蟿萎 蔚委谓伪喂 畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蟿畏蟼 伪谓伪味萎蟿畏蟽畏蟼 魏伪胃蠋蟼 魏伪喂 蟿畏蟼 伪谓伪魏维位蠀蠄畏蟼 伪蠀蟿慰蠉 蟿慰蠀 维位位慰蠀, 伪位位维 魏伪喂 蟿蠅谓 蟽蠀谓蔚蟺蔚喂蠋谓 蟺慰蠀 苇蠂蔚喂 畏 蠀蟺蠈胃蔚蟽畏 伪蠀蟿萎 纬喂伪 蟿慰谓 韦蔚蟻蟿慰蠀位喂维谓慰 螠维蟽喂渭慰 螒蠁蠈谓蟽慰, 慰 慰蟺慰委慰蟼 未蔚谓 胃伪 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺慰蟿苇 蟺喂伪 慰 委未喂慰蟼鈥�

螕喂伪 蟺慰位位慰蠉蟼 蟿慰 魏伪位蠉蟿蔚蟻慰 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿蠈蟻畏渭伪 蟿畏蟼 蠅蟻喂渭蠈蟿畏蟿伪蟼 蟿慰蠀 渭蔚纬维位慰蠀 螡慰渭蟺蔚位委蟽蟿伪 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪.

328 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

1,669 people are currently reading
25.6k people want to read

About the author

Jos茅 Saramago

291books15.9kfollowers
Jos茅 de Sousa Saramago (16 November 1922 鈥� 18 June 2010) was a Portuguese novelist and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature, for his "parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony [with which he] continually enables us once again to apprehend an elusory reality." His works, some of which have been seen as allegories, commonly present subversive perspectives on historic events, emphasizing the theopoetic. In 2003 Harold Bloom described Saramago as "the most gifted novelist alive in the world today."


Ratings & Reviews

What do you think?
Rate this book

Friends & Following

Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!

Community Reviews

5 stars
7,427 (31%)
4 stars
9,685 (41%)
3 stars
4,964 (21%)
2 stars
1,148 (4%)
1 star
307 (1%)
Displaying 1 - 30 of 2,090 reviews
Profile Image for Vit Babenco.
1,696 reviews5,233 followers
August 24, 2021
The protagonist 鈥� a high school history teacher 鈥� watching some inane movie sees the actor who looks exactly like him and he becomes obsessed with the idea to find his double鈥�
Tertuliano M谩ximo Afonso got up from the chair, knelt down in front of the television, his face as close to the screen as he could get it and still be able to see, It鈥檚 me, he said, and once more he felt the hairs on his body stand on end, what he was seeing wasn鈥檛 true, it couldn鈥檛 be, any sensible person who happened to be there would say reassuringly, Come off it, Tertuliano, I mean, he鈥檚 got a mustache, and you鈥檙e clean shaven.

Thus the chase commences and the story turns into a sort of mystery, or rather into a postmodernistic mystery noir鈥� While seeking his human replica the hero sagely contemplates the nature of knowledge and cognition鈥�
The wheel was invented and stayed invented forever and ever, whereas words, those and all the others, came into the world with a vague, diffuse destiny, as highly provisional phonetic and morphological clusters, however much, thanks perhaps to the inherited glow of their glorious creation, they may insist on passing themselves off, not so much in their own right, but on behalf of the thing they variably mean and represent, as immortal, undying, or eternal, depending on the taste of the person doing the classifying.

At last doubles manage to meet鈥� Physically they are absolutely identical but their styles of living are utterly different鈥�
Whether he likes it or not, clothes do indeed make the man.

Cognition is a process of deciphering surrounding chaos鈥� Life is cognition.
Profile Image for Jim Fonseca.
1,139 reviews8,145 followers
February 16, 2021
Tertuliano M谩ximo Afonso watches a video recommended by a friend and discovers he has a double 鈥� a man who could be his identical twin, who looked and sounded exactly like Maximo did five years ago when the film was made. Like a private investigator, he sets out to find who the man is and meet with him. It鈥檚 a harder task than it seems because the man had only a walk-on role and is simply one name among a long list of extras in the film.

description

Finding his double shocks him so much that he doesn鈥檛 tell any of the (only) three significant others in his life: his on-again-off-again woman friend, his mother, and a male colleague at work. Since he is not revealing what has become an obsession, a good part of the story is how this secrecy impacts his relationships with these three people. There鈥檚 a metaphor with the double in the sense that they tell him he is acting like 鈥渁nother person.鈥�

M谩ximo is a very intelligent history teacher who realizes he is as confused as his students by the broad scope of human civilization he tries to convey in his classes. 鈥溾€e viewed sweet History, the serious, educational subject which he had felt called upon to teach and which could have been a soothing refuge for him, as a chore without meaning and a beginning without an end.鈥� As he ends up watching his double in 30 videos, and debates if he should view the oldest first, or the most recent first, the author develops an extended metaphor about the applicability of his order of viewing to the best way of teaching history: why must history always be taught from the past to the present 鈥� why not the reverse?

As in many of Saramago鈥檚 novels, there鈥檚 a science fiction touch to the story 鈥� in this case based on the idea of clones. We all heard of Dolly the Sheep in 1996 and this book was published in 2002.

I won鈥檛 reveal any of the story after he meets the man who is his double other than to say that there are some startling developments that keep the story moving and that dramatically impact the life of our main character, his woman friend and the double.

I appreciate the authors philosophical nuggets and metaphors. Some examples:

鈥溾€ne of those hardy types to whom human frailty, especially in its most refined and delicate forms, is the cause of mocking laughter, the truth is that the inarticulate sounds which, quite against our wishes, occasionally emerge from our own mouth, are merely the irrepressible moans from some ancient pain or sorrow, like a scar suddenly making its forgotten presence felt again.鈥�

鈥淎s can never be stated too often, the best inventions are made by those who did not know what they were doing.鈥�

鈥溾€hat tends to happen is that people gather together under an opinion as if it were an umbrella.鈥�

鈥溾€hat awful old chestnut, we鈥檙e friends now and we鈥檒l always be friends, that鈥檚 the worst thing anyone can say if they鈥檙e trying to end a romantic relationship, it鈥檚 as if we had closed the door only to find that were stuck fast in it鈥︹€�

鈥淏eing a man should never be an impediment to behaving like a gentleman.鈥�

鈥淎ll the dictionary鈥檚 put together don鈥檛 contain half the terms we would need in order for us to understand each other鈥︹€�

鈥溾€eachers were trying to pass unnoticed amid the choppy sea of heads that surrounded them on every side, dodging as best they could the reefs that rose up before them as they slunk toward their natural harbor, the staff room.鈥�

鈥溾€ust one of those problems that comes with old age, they come and go, go and come, and finally stay.鈥�
鈥淎ntonio Claro [the actor] will not waste his breath by replying that it鈥檚 impossible not to have enemies, that enemies are born not out of our will to have them but out of their irresistible desire to have us.鈥�

It happens that I read and reviewed another of Saramago鈥檚 books last week: All the Names. I was struck by what I will call 鈥榮tructural similarities鈥� between the two books. The Double was published in 2002; All the Names in 1997. Both are about a fundamentally lonely man who lives by himself, who has an unsatisfying or boring job with a with a revered or feared supervisor. In both books the main character goes on an obsessive private investigator-like quest looking for another person and he is not able to tell anyone else about it. Because he can鈥檛 talk about his quest with another character in the book, the author invents a method for him to hold discussions and keep the reader informed of his thinking: in All the Names it is his bedroom ceiling; in The Double, it is his 鈥榗ommon sense鈥� talking to him.

description

In any case, a good story with excellent writing as we expect from the Nobel prize winning author.

Lisbon from canstockphoto.com
Sketch of the author by David Levine on nybooks.com
Profile Image for Steven Godin.
2,749 reviews3,163 followers
January 5, 2025

The thought of having a 诲辞辫辫别濒驳盲苍驳别谤 freaks me out, if I had one, I would rather not know. Even somebody bearing a strong resemblance to one's self is weird enough, but an actual replica? with the same moles, the same scars, and the same voice. No thanks. I am me, and I want to keep it that way. If only History professor Tertuliano M谩ximo Afonso returned the video tape to the shop and forgot all about what he witnessed on screen. But he couldn't, a curiosity built up inside him. Just who is that man who looks like my identical twin? I want to know who he is. I must find him.

Made in our own image, the double can incarnate our evil deeds, or kindly take our place in order to perform a seemingly impossible task, it is one of the most complex and richly told fables. Jos茅 Saramago is clearly influenced by the old tales. Whether a different version of Christ's Passion, or an account of the universal scourge of being sightless, Saramago has found in these primordial narratives fodder for his own fictional world. One I would say he excels at. The main character, Tertuliano, becomes obsessed with the idea of meeting the person he takes to be his double, a bit part actor called Antonio Claro. After obsessively viewing dozens of other movies by the same production company, he gets results by discovering his name. And ponders on his next move. This would lead to a chain of events that not only desn't go according to plan, but opens up a whole other set of possibilities that spells danger for the people he most cares about, including his girlfriend, Maria da Paz.

I loved Saramago's story, the way it delved deep into my consciousness, resulting in a finale that sat well with me. As for Tertuliano himself, a guy who meandered through life feeling like someone owed him a favour. He believes he is depressed. No. He wants to be depressed. Why? A nice girl who is far too good for him, a decent well payed job. Put the violin away. To me he just appeared to be a bit of a drip. The long continuous sentences and detailed faintly comic descriptions of Tertuliano's comings and goings started to annoy me, and then it didn't. Saramago may be a Nobel laureate who feels obliged to write like a Prose experimentalist filling the pages with hardly any paragraph breaks, but thankfully, from my own perspective this is something that wasn't new, and writing style eventually I came to truly admire. After the point of no return, when the Identicals finally meet, I loved every minute right through to it's conclusion, it just took a while to get into the story.

There's nothing particularly new in positing a logical world and then introducing an absurd element which leads to an unravelling of identity. It's true that he takes the story in some unexpected directions, but that's to be expected, it keeps you on your toes. His history teacher becomes more decisive, more alert to the world around him, more committed to his life in the shadow of his 诲辞辫辫别濒驳盲苍驳别谤. His depression is a thing of the past. He simply hasn't the mind anymore to wallow in pity knowing he's out there. The actor Antonio Claro starts off as the innocent party only to grow more into a menace the longer the story progresses. I had absolutely no idea what was likely to happen from one moment to the next. Isn't that such a wondrous feeling to possess whilst reading a novel.

One of the other pleasures of the book is the way Saramago faithfully follows the relentless logic of the situation he has devised. When the two men meet, it is at once apparent that they are indeed doubles. Down to the moles on their forearms and the date of their birth. Immediately, existential questions are raised. Which of them, Tertuliano worriedly wonders, is the original and which the duplicate. No answers there. When it turns out that Claro was born a half-hour before Tertuliano, it somehow becomes inevitable that one of them will have to be destroyed. Having been born on the same day, they both want to know, of course, if they are destined also to die on the same day.

Saramago doesn鈥檛 bother with quotation marks to denote when people are speaking, and he doesn鈥檛 break up conversations aside from inserting commas in between each person鈥檚 statements, but that aside I found it great, Saramago on top form. He certainly wasn't a writer shy of confidence within himself, and he maybe one of the masters of the Long Sentence to the annoyance of some, but from a psychological and moral standpoint he simply sucked me in.
Profile Image for Amira Mahmoud.
618 reviews8,806 followers
February 9, 2017
亘毓丿 賯乇丕亍丕鬲 賲鬲毓丿丿丞 賱爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 賷亘丿賵 賱賷賾 兀賳 兀賰孬乇 賲丕 賷乇睾亘 亘賴 賮賷 乇賵丕賷丕鬲賴貙 兀賳 賷囟毓賰 丨賷賳 鬲賯乇兀 賱賴 兀賲丕賲 兀爻賵亍 賰賵丕亘賷爻賰 賱賰賳 賲賷夭丞 丕賱賰丕亘賵爻 鬲賰賲賳 賮賷 兀賳賰 鬲毓賱賲 兀賳賴 賰匕賱賰 亘賲噩乇丿 丕爻鬲賷賯丕馗賰 孬賲 鬲鬲毓噩亘 賲賳 賳賮爻賰 賰賷賮 賰賳鬲 鬲卮毓乇 亘賴匕丕 丕賱禺賵賮 賵兀賳鬲 鬲丨賱賲 乇睾賲 兀賳賴 賰丕亘賵爻 禺賷丕賱賷 賵賱丕 賲噩丕賱 賱丨丿賵孬賴 賮賷 賵丕賯毓賰 丕賱賴丕丿卅 賵丕賱乇鬲賷亘.
鬲亘丿賵 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷丞 丿賵賲賸丕 兀卮丿賾 亘禺賱丕賸 亘丕賱氐丿賮 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵丕賱兀卮賰丕賱 丕賱兀禺乇賶 賲賳 丕賱鬲禺賷賷賱貙 廿賱丕 賲毓 賯亘賵賱 兀賳 賲亘丿兀 丕賱氐丿賮丞 賴賵 丕賱賲丨乇賰 丕賱賵丨賷丿 賵丕賱丨賯賷賯賷 賱賱毓丕賱賲 賵賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱丨丕賱丞 賮廿賳 賲丕 賷購毓丕卮 賵賲丕 賷購賰鬲亘 賷噩亘 兀賳 賷賰賵賳 賱賴 丕賱孬賯賱 賳賮爻賴 賵亘丕賱毓賰爻.

賵賷爻鬲睾賱 爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 丕賱賮囟丕亍 丕賱乇丨亘 丕賱匕賷 鬲鬲賲鬲毓 亘賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賱禺賱賯 氐丿賮 賱丕 賷噩賵丿 亘賴丕 丕賱賵丕賯毓 賰孬賷乇賸丕貙 賮賷丨賵賾賱 丕賱賰丕亘賵爻 賲賳 賲噩乇丿 丨賱賲 毓丕亘乇 賷賳鬲賴賷 賵鬲毓賱賲 鬲賲丕賲賸丕 丕爻鬲丨丕賱丞 鬲丨賯賯賴 廿賱賶 賵丕賯毓丞 鬲丨丿孬 亘丕賱賮毓賱貙 丿賵賳 兀賳 賷爻鬲卮賷乇 毓賯賱賰 賮賷 廿賲賰丕賳賷丞 丨丿賵孬 卮賷亍 噩賳賵賳賷 賰賴匕丕 賮賷 丕賱賵丕賯毓. 賴賵 賷毓賱賳 賮賯胤 兀賳賴 賷丨丿孬貨 丕賳鬲賴賷.
賵賱賰 賲胤賱賯 丕賱丨乇賷丞 賮賷 兀賳 鬲爻鬲賰賲賱 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 兀賵 賱丕貙 賲賳 賲賳賾丕 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 廿匕賳 賰亘丨 噩賲丕丨 丕賱賮囟賵賱 賵丕賱乇睾亘丞 賮賷 賲毓乇賮丞 賰賷賮 爻賷賰賵賳 卮賰賱 丕賱禺賷丕賱 丨賷賳 賷購胤亘賯 毓賱賶 兀乇囟 丕賱賵丕賯毓責 賰賷賮 爻鬲賰賵賳 鬲賮丕氐賷賱賴貙 賳鬲丕卅噩賴貙 賲亘乇乇丕鬲賴責 賴匕賴 丕賱兀禺賷乇丞 賵丕賱賲賯氐賵丿 亘賴丕 丕賱賲亘乇乇丕鬲 賱丕 賷乇賴賯 爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 賳賮爻賴 賱賱廿噩丕亘丞 毓賳賴丕 賵賱丕 賱鬲賯丿賷賲 兀爻亘丕亘 賱賲丕 賷丨丿孬貙 賮賯胤 丕賱噩賳賵賳 賵丕賱丕爻鬲賲鬲丕毓 亘鬲賮丕氐賷賱賴.
賴匕丕 賲丕 賷丨丿孬 賮賷 賰賱 乇賵丕賷丞 賱爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵貙 丕賱丕禺鬲賱丕賮 賮賯胤 賮賷 賳賵毓 丕賱賰丕亘賵爻 (賲賵囟賵毓 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞) 賵鬲賮丕氐賷賱賴.
賵丕囟丨 兀賳 賲丕 賷噩亘 兀賳 賷賰賵賳 爻賷賰賵賳 賵賷賲賱賰 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱賯賵丞貙 賱賷爻 賲賳 丕賱賲噩丿賷 兀賳 賷鬲卮丕胤乇 丕賱賲乇亍 賲毓 丕賱賯丿乇 賮賴賵 禺丕爻乇 丿賵賲賸丕.

丕賱賰丕亘賵爻 丕賱匕賷 賷胤乇丨賴 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 賲丕匕丕 賱賵 賵噩丿鬲 賳爻禺丞 兀禺乇賶 賲賳賰責
賱賷爻 賱賰 卮賯賷賯 鬲賵兀賲貙 賱賷爻 鬲卮丕亘賴 賮賷 卮賷亍 兀賵 丕孬賳賷賳 兀賵 丨鬲賶 毓卮乇丞貙 賱賷爻 鬲卮丕亘賴 亘賱 鬲胤丕亘賯 賮丨賷賳 鬲賳馗乇 廿賱賶 賴匕賴 丕賱賳爻禺丞 爻鬲卮毓乇 賵賰兀賳賰 鬲賳馗乇 賮賷 丕賱賲乇丌丞責
賳爻禺丞責 賴賱 賴賵 賳爻禺鬲賰 丨賯賸丕 兀賲 兀賳賰 兀賳鬲 賳爻禺鬲賴責 賲賳 爻亘賾賯 丕賱丌禺乇責
噩賲賷毓賳丕 賷毓賱賲 丕賱賲孬賱 丕賱卮賴賷乇 (賷禺賱賯 賲賳 丕賱卮亘賴 兀乇亘毓賷賳) 賱賰賳 賲丕匕丕 廿匕丕 兀鬲賷丨鬲 賱賰 丕賱賮乇氐丞 賱賱鬲賯丕亘賱 賵噩賴賸丕 賱賵噩賴 賲毓 賴匕丕 丕賱卮亘賷賴 兀賵 丨鬲賶 賲毓乇賮丞 賵噩賵丿賴 丨賯賷賯丞賻 毓賱賶 丿乇噩丞 賲賳 丕賱賯乇亘責
丕賱賲毓乇賮丞 賴賷 丨賯賸丕 卮賷亍 噩賲賷賱貙 賴匕丕 賷鬲賵賯賮 毓賱賶 賲丕 賳毓乇賮貙 賴匕丕 賷噩亘 兀賳 賷鬲賵賯賮 兀賷囟賸丕 毓賱賶 賲賳 賷毓乇賮.

賱丕 兀丨丿 賷賳賰乇 兀賳 丕賱鬲賮乇丿 賵丕賱鬲賲賷夭 賴賵 兀丨丿 兀賴賲 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍 丕賱鬲賷 賳爻毓賶 廿賱賷賴丕 賵賳乇睾亘 賮賷 鬲丨賯賷賯賴丕貙 乇睾賲 兀賳 賰賱 賲賳賾丕 賷禺鬲賱賮 賮賷 賲丨丕賵賱丕鬲賴 賱賱賵氐賵賱 廿賱賶 賴匕丕 丕賱賲爻毓賶 賮丕賱亘毓囟 賷丨丕賵賱 丕賱鬲賲賷夭 亘胤乇賷賯丞 賲亘丕賱睾 亘賴丕 兀丨賷丕賳賸丕 丨鬲賶 兀賳賴丕 鬲孬賷乇 丕賱卮賮賯丞貙 丕賱亘毓囟 丕賱丌禺乇 鬲賰賵賳 胤乇賷賯鬲賴 賮賷 丕賱鬲賲賷夭 賴賵 丕賱丕禺鬲賱丕賮 賲毓 賲丕 賴賵 爻丕卅丿 兀賷賸丕 賰丕賳 丿賵賳 鬲賮賰賷乇 丨鬲賶 賷賳鬲賴賷 廿賱賶 兀賳 賷氐亘丨 卮禺氐賷丞 賱丕 鬲毓乇賮 賲丕 鬲乇賷丿賴 亘丕賱賮毓賱 賵賲丕 鬲賮囟賱賴 賵賲丕 賱丕 鬲賮囟賱賴 賵賲丕 兀爻亘丕亘賴丕 賮賷 匕賱賰 胤丕賱賲丕 兀賳 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓 丕賱禺丕乇噩賷 賷爻鬲賲乇 賮賷 賮乇囟 丌乇丕亍 賲毓賷賳丞 賷賱夭賲 賴賵 賳賮爻賴 賲爻亘賯賸丕 亘賲毓丕乇囟鬲賴丕 亘賱丕 賵毓賷賾.
丕賱亘毓囟 丕賱兀賮囟賱 賷賰鬲賮賷 亘賰賵賳賴 賴賵貙 賵賮賷 乇兀賷賷 賴丐賱丕亍 賴賲 丕賱兀賰孬乇 鬲賲賷夭賸丕 賱兀賳賴賲 丕爻鬲胤丕毓賵丕 賮毓賱 賲丕 賱賲 賷賯丿乇 丕賱丌禺乇賷賳 毓賱賶 賮毓賱賴貨 兀賳 賷賰賵賳賵丕 兀賳賮爻賴賲.
賱匕丕 賷氐亘丨 丕賱丌禺乇 丕賱匕賷 賷卮亘賴賳賷貙 丕賱丌禺乇 丕賱匕賷 賴賵 賲孬賱賷賾 賲氐丿乇 廿夭毓丕噩 丿丕卅賲貙 賵賰兀賳 賵噩賵丿賴 賷兀禺匕 賲賳 賲爻丕丨丞 賵噩賵丿賷 賵賲賳 賯丿乇鬲賷 毓賱賶 兀賳 兀賰賵賳 賮乇賷丿 賵賲鬲賮乇丿.
賴匕賴 丕賱賲卮丕毓乇 賵丕賱兀賮賰丕乇 賵睾賷乇賴丕 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賴賷 賲丕 賷鬲賳丕賵賱賴丕 爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘鬲賮氐賷賱 卮丿賷丿貙 爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 賷賰鬲亘 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍 丕賱鬲賷 賱賲 鬲賰賳 鬲鬲禺賷賱 賷賵賲賸丕 兀賳賴丕 賯丕亘賱丞 賱賱賰鬲丕亘丞 亘丕賱胤乇賷賯丞 賴匕賴.

鬲賲賾鬲
Profile Image for 尝耻铆蝉.
2,273 reviews1,180 followers
September 9, 2024
Tertuliano M谩ximo Afonso discovers that there is another identical to himself in appearance, invoice, and everything else. This fact begins his torment.
Distressed by this discovery, Tertuliano M谩ximo Afonso transforms his entire routine into a detailed and secret search for his double.
What would be a fascinating fact for many people, Tertuliano M谩ximo Afonso feels like stifling oppression.
A novel that follows in a suspenseful tone and subtle irony and humor characterizes Jos茅 Saramago.
This work is a reading that proposes us, above all, to understand why this immense, and some, strange agony of Tertuliano M谩ximo Afonso.
Profile Image for Fernando.
718 reviews1,067 followers
December 30, 2020
"El se帽or Goliadkin quiso gritar pero no pudo protestar de alguna manera, pero no ten铆a fuerzas suficientes. Los pelos se le pusieron de punta y se sent贸 sin otro sentimiento que el terror. El se帽or Goliadkin reconoci贸 a su amigo nocturno. Su amigo nocturno no era otro que 茅l mismo. El propio se帽or Goliadkin, otro se帽or Goliadkin pero completamente igual que 茅l mismo; en una palabra, lo que se dice un doble suyo en todo sentido."
'El Doble', Fi贸dor Dostoievski

"Se quedaron los dos parados mir谩ndose. Lentamente, como si le resultara penoso arrancarse desde lo m谩s hondo de lo imposible, la estupefacci贸n se dise帽贸 en el rostro de Antonio Claro, no en el de Tertuliano M谩ximo Afonso, que ya sab铆a lo que iba a encontrar. Soy la persona que le llam贸, dijo, estoy aqu铆 para que compruebe, con sus propios ojos, que no pretend铆a divertirme a su costa cuando le dije que 茅ramos iguales, Efectivamente, balbuce贸 Antonio Claro con una voz que ya no parec铆a la de Daniel Santa-Clara, cre铆a, debido a su insistencia, que habr铆a entre nosotros una gran semejanza, pero le confieso que no estaba preparado para lo que tengo ante m铆, mi propio retrato, Ahora que ya tiene prueba, puedo irme, dijo Tertuliano M谩ximo Afonso."
(p谩g. 272)


"Los dobles", "Los elixires del diablo" y "El hombre de arena" de E. T. A. Hoffmann (uno de los fundadores de la tem谩tica del doble), "El doble" de Fi贸dor Dostoievski, "William Wilson" de Edgar Allan Poe, "Aura" de Carlos Fuentes, "El retrato de Dorian Gray" de Oscar Wilde, "El c贸mplice secreto" de Joseph Conrad, "El Horla" de Guy de Maupassant, "El extra帽o caso de Dr. Jekyll y Mr. Hyde" y "Olalla" de Robert Louis Stevenson, "El vizconde demediado" de 脥talo Calvino, "El otro" de Jorge Luis Borges, "El club de la pelea" de Chuck Palahniuk.
Estos son algunos de los cuentos y novelas que representan la tem谩tica del doble en la literatura, introducida por el G贸tico el Prerromanticismo y Romanticismo entre fines del siglo XVIII y casi todo el siglo XIX para extenderse en todo el siglo XX. Seguramente, hay m谩s ejemplos que probablemte se me est茅n pasando por alto.
El 诲辞辫辫别濒驳盲苍驳别谤, que significa "el que camina a mi lado", el 谩lter ego, el otro, el sosias, el gemelo o la sombra, se manifiesta de muchas formas, desde la proyecci贸n generada de manera subjetiva, por la locura, la alucinaci贸n o el desequilibrio mental ("El horla", "El doble") hasta casos como los de este excelente libro de Jos茅 Saramago, que tiene un origen externo, puesto que proviene une otra persona de carne y hueso que es exactamente igual a otra (como en"Los dobles" de E. T. A. Hoffmann) y que oficia a modo de fantasma real.
En todos estos casos es altamente atrayente para m铆 leer estos libros. Me apasionan y creo dentro de muy poco tiempo intentar茅 escribir un ensayo acerca de esta tem谩tica tan pero tan cautivante sobre la dualidad y la confusi贸n de identidad que afecta a este tipo de personajes.
Para el caso de "El hombre duplicado" de Saramago, debo decir que al encuadrarse tan perfectamente en el g茅nero, la historia de Tertuliano M谩ximo Afonso, ese singular profesor de Historia, me mantuvo muy concentrado mientras le铆a el libro.
De todas maneras, debo destacar que me cost贸 un poco acostumbrarme al peculiar estilo narrativo de Saramago, que escribe sin encomillar ni guionar los di谩logos, ni separarlos de lo que nos va contando el narrador, as铆 como tampoco utilizar signos de interrogaci贸n o exclamaci贸n.
Este t茅cnica es una de las caracter铆sticas m谩s atrayentes del libro y en cierto modo me recuerda al mon贸logo interior o 'stream of counciousness' que James Joyce hiciera tan famoso, forzando al lector a no distraerse.
En cierta maneram este m茅todo de escritura lleva al lector a leer r谩pido y sin parar, cosa que no es muy beneficiosa, puesto que en ciertos momentos, uno se embarulla, se desconcentra o se cansa y es reci茅n luego de una buena cantidad de p谩ginas en que uno se adecua a lectura (algo similar sucede en "La naranja mec谩nica" de Anthony Burguess con su vocabulario 'Nadsat').
Para agregar a las caracter铆sticas del personaje de Tertuliano, Saramago se sirve del recurso del doble creando un segundo doble: el de la propia conciencia de Tertuliano y que se hace llamar "sentido com煤n".
Los contrapuntos entre el personaje y su conciencia son maravillosos y ambas posturas est谩n bien cimentadas, puesto que son totalmente antagonistas. Lo que Tertuliano quiere, siente u opina es refutado por su propia conciencia y de esta manera se construye el discurso ambiguo en su cabeza.
Es que la introspecci贸n psicol贸gica de Tertuliano durante toda la novela es uno de los puntos altos, especialmente cuando descubre en una pel铆cula a Antonio Claro (o Daniel Santa-Clara), un actor que es exactamente igual a 茅l. Una vez que Tertuliano entr贸 en esa vor谩gine desesperada que le depara la b煤squeda y posible encuentro de Antonio Claro, todo en su vida se transformar谩 en un torbellino de sentimientos, y con ello arrastrar谩 a su propia novia, Mar铆a Paz.
Gran parte de la novela gira en torno a todos estos sucesos, que incluyen encuentros y desencuentros, pero lo que debo reconocer es que el desenlace de "El hombre duplicado" es verdaderamente digno de elogio.
Un excelente giro en la historia, hace que todo adquiera un nuevo brillo y como lector de este tipo de libros, aunque no me lo esperaba, porque preve铆a aquel final t铆pico del doble desequilibrado psicol贸gicamente, descubro que el autor crea un segundo final que es incluso m谩s brillante y desconcertante a煤n que el primero.
Creo que el desenlace es el punto m谩s alto de esta novela.
Ten铆a ciertos reparos en leer a Saramago pero este libro me satisfizo ampliamente por su tem谩tica, no por su estilo narrativo. Creo que si lo aplica a toda su obra, dif铆cilmente vuelva a leerlo.
Por lo pronto, vuelvo a reconocer que esta novela me ha gustado sobradamente y cumpli贸 mis expectativas sobre la apasionante "tem谩tica del doble", tan propia de mis gustos literarios.
Profile Image for BlackOxford.
1,095 reviews69.8k followers
April 11, 2019
Quantum Physics of Identity

"Only a common sense with the imagination of a poet could have invented the wheel." Not a bad self-referential summary of Saramago's The Double.

This book is common sense and imagination applied to human identity and the result is a literary wheel turning round and round in the minds of two apparently identical individuals. Is one merely a copy of the other? Are their fates entangled like quantum particles? Do they become parts of the other simply by knowing of the other's existence? How random is life anyway?

Once again Saramago creates a situation in which to explore the oddness of being alive and knowing it.
Profile Image for Fabian.
995 reviews2,033 followers
September 20, 2020
...Infuriating!

Incredibly hard to read! This was a self-inflicted punishment by an insipid reader trying to introduce himself to a compulsively revolting writer!

Saramago, who is, like his name suggests, a "mago", or wizard, pretty much singlehandly diminishes the joy that reading brings, making it all one self-assured, self-serving CHORE.

Man, I hated this book. The story could be a novella, would be an amazing and silly and cool one at that, but in novel form, well... all Saramago does is throw words & strips & strings of consciousness-- all very art noveau. But is this a contribution to our literary canon? It is a step backward...

The protagonist is boring, has a boring life, has boring things happen to him. The plot is intriguing to just say something nice about it: this man finds his double. The double, a figure just as unlikable as its model, then tries to live the protagonist's life. It ends at a terrible point... the dark ambiguity wins! Yipee! See, am an expert at finding the silver lining.

I recommend this solely to my enemies. It's that lame.
Profile Image for BookHunter M  購H  賻M  賻D.
1,661 reviews4,405 followers
November 10, 2022
賳毓賱賲 兀氐賱丕 兀賳 賰賱 賲丕 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 賷丨氐賱 爻賷丨氐賱. 兀賵賱丕 賰丕賳鬲 丕賱氐丿賮丞 賴賷 丕賱鬲賷 噩毓賱鬲賳丕 卮亘賷賴賷賳. 孬賲 氐丿賮丞 賮賷賱賲 賱賲 賷爻亘賯 賱賷 兀賳 爻賲毓鬲 亘賴. 廿賳 賲賳 丕賱兀賮囟賱 鬲乇賰 亘毓囟 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍 毓賱賶 賲丕 賴賷 毓賱賷賴. 賵 廿賱丕 賮丕賱禺胤乇 賰亘賷乇 賮賷 兀賳 賷乇賶 丕賱丌禺乇賵賳. 亘賱 賵 賲丕 賴賵 兀爻賵兀. 兀賳 賳乇賶 賳丨賳 兀賳賮爻賳丕 兀賷囟丕 亘毓賷賵賳 丕賱丌禺乇賷賳.
毓賳丿賲丕 賷賳賰卮賮 丕賱睾胤丕亍 毓賳 氐賵乇丞 賱賳丕 胤亘賯 丕賱兀氐賱 賮賷 丕賱賲亘鬲丿兀 賵 丕賱賲丌賱 賵 丕賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 賵 賱丕 鬲禺鬲賱賮 廿賱丕 賮賷 丕賱胤乇賷賯 賮賴匕丕 睾乇賷亘. 賯丿 賳乇丿丿 丕賱賲孬賱 丕賱賯丕卅賱 "賷禺賱賯 賲賳 丕賱卮亘毓賴 兀乇亘毓賷賳" 賵 賱賰賳賳丕 賱丕 賳賯賵賱賴 廿賱丕 毓賱賶 爻亘賷賱 丕賱賲亘丕賱睾丞. 兀賲丕 兀賳 賳乇賶 卮亘賷賴賳丕 兀賲丕賲賳丕 乇兀賷 丕賱毓賷賳 賵 賰兀賳賳丕 賳賳馗乇 賮賷 賲乇丌丞 賮匕賱賰 賲丕 賷噩毓賱 亘氐乇賳丕 丨丿賷丿.
亘賯丿乇 賲丕 鬲鬲賳賰乇. 亘賯丿乇 賲丕 鬲卮亘賴 賳賮爻賰.
賲丕匕丕 賯氐丿 爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 賴賳丕 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞. 賵 賲丕 兀賴賲賷丞 兀賳 賳噩丿 賳爻禺丞 兀禺乇賶 賱賳丕責
賲賳 賴賵 丕賱賳爻禺丞 毓賳 賲賳責
賷亘丿賵 爻丐丕賱丕 賲賳胤賯賷丕 賵 賱賰賳 賲丕 賲丿賶 兀賴賲賷鬲賴責 賮賳丨賳 噩賲賷毓丕 賳爻禺丕 亘賷賵賱賵噩賷丞 賲賳 兀卮禺丕氐 亘丕賱睾丞 丕賱賯丿賲 賯丿 賳毓乇賮 亘毓囟賴賲 賵 賳賳賰乇 丕賱亘毓囟 丕賱兀禺乇. 兀賳丕 賵 丕賱兀禺乇 賳爻禺丕 賲鬲賲丕孬賱丞 亘丕賱賮毓賱 廿匕丕 賳馗乇賳丕 賱兀賳賮爻賳丕 賲賳 丕賱禺丕乇噩.
廿賳賳丕 噩賲賷毓丕 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 毓丕賲丞 亘賴匕丕 丕賱賯丿乇 兀賵 匕丕賰. 爻賵賶 兀賳 毓丿丿 丕賱賲卮丕賴丿賷賳 亘亘爻丕胤丞 賴賵 丕賱匕賷 賷禺鬲賱賮.
丕賱氐乇丕毓 賴賳丕 亘賷賳 卮禺氐賷賳 賲鬲賲丕孬賱賷賳 兀丨丿賴賲丕 賷賳馗乇 賱賱兀賲丕賲 賵 丕賱兀禺乇 賷賳馗乇 賱賱禺賱賮. 兀丨丿賴賲丕 賷賯賵賲 亘丿賵乇 賲乇爻賵賲 賲爻亘賯丕 賵 賷毓乇賮 胤乇賷賯賴 賵 賳賴丕賷鬲賴 賵 賷丨賮馗 丕賱爻賷賳丕乇賷賵 噩賷丿丕 賵 丕賱兀禺乇 賷賲卮賷 胤亘賯丕 賱賱賴賵賶 賵 丕賱睾賷亘. 兀丨丿賴賲丕 賷賲孬賱 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 亘賷賳賲丕 丕賱兀禺乇 賷賳賵亍 賰丕賴賱賴 亘丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺.
兀賮毓賱 賰賲丕 賱賵 賰賳鬲 兀賯賵賲 亘鬲賲孬賷賱 丿賵乇. 丿賵乇 卮禺氐賷丞 丕噩鬲匕亘鬲 廿賱賶 賰賲賷賳 鬲毓乇賮 兀賳賴丕 爻鬲禺乇噩 丨賷丞 賲賳賴 賱兀賳賴丕 賯乇兀鬲 丕賱爻賷賳丕乇賷賵 賲賳 賯亘賱. 賵 亘廿賷噩丕夭 賰丕賱爻賷賳賲丕. 兀賲丕 賮賷 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺. 丕賱兀賲乇 毓賱賶 丕賱毓賰爻 鬲賲丕賲丕. 賱丕 賳毓乇賮 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍 廿賱丕 賲賳 亘毓丿.
賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 賱丕 鬲鬲亘賯賶 廿賱丕 賳爻禺丞 賵丕丨丿丞 亘丕賴鬲賴 賲禺鬲賱胤丞 亘丕卅爻丞 賱丕 賳丿乇賷 賰賷賮 爻鬲爻賷乇 兀賲賵乇賴丕 亘賷賳 丿賴丕賱賷夭 丕賱丨賷丕丞.
毓賱賶 賲爻丕賮丞 禺賲爻賷賳 賰賷賱賵賲鬲乇丕 賯乇乇 兀賳 丕賱兀賮囟賱 爻賷賰賵賳 廿賮乇丕睾 賲丕 賮賷 噩毓亘鬲賴 賰賱賷丕. 賵 毓賱賶 賲爻丕賮丞 賲丕卅丞 賵 毓卮乇賷賳 賰賷賱賵賲鬲乇丕 丕睾鬲丕馗 賲賳 賳賮爻賴 賱賯丿乇鬲賴 毓賱賶 兀賳 賷鬲丿亘乇 賲孬賱 賴匕賴 丕賱賮賰乇丞. 賵 毓賱賶 賲爻丕賮丞 賲丕卅鬲賷賳 賵 毓卮乇丞 賰賷賱賵賲鬲乇丕鬲 鬲禺賷賱 兀賳 鬲賮爻賷乇丕 爻胤丨賷丕 亘賱賴噩丞 賮賰丕賴賷丞 爻賷賰賮賷 乇亘賲丕 賱鬲賴丿卅丞 賮囟賵賱 兀賲賴. 賵 毓賱賶 賲爻丕賮丞 孬賱丕孬賲丕卅丞 賵 兀乇亘毓丞 毓卮乇 賰賷賱賵賲鬲乇丕 賵氐賮 賳賮爻賴 亘丕賱睾亘賷 賵 氐乇丨 兀賳 匕賱賰 賷毓賳賷 兀賳賴 賱丕 賷毓乇賮 兀賲賴. 賵 毓賱賶 賲爻丕賮丞 兀乇亘毓賲丕卅丞 賵 爻亘毓丞 賵 兀乇亘毓賷賳 賰賷賱賵賲鬲乇丕. 毓賳丿賲丕 鬲賵賯賮 兀賲丕賲 丕賱亘賷鬲 丕賱毓丕卅賱賷. 賱賲 賷賰賳 賷毓乇賮 賲丕 丕賱毓賲賱.
賵 賱賲丕 賰丕賳鬲 丕賱賲賮丕乇賯丞 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賴賷 鬲胤丕亘賯 丕賱卮禺氐賷鬲賷賳 賮賷 賰賱 卮賷亍 丨鬲賶 賮賷 賳丿賵亘 丕賱噩爻丿 廿賱丕 兀賳 廿乇丕丿丞 賰賱 賲賳賴賲丕 噩毓賱鬲 賱賴賲丕 胤乇賷賯賷賳 賲乇爻賵賲賷賳 丨爻亘 乇睾亘丕鬲賴賲丕 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞 賵 廿賳 賰丕賳鬲丕 賮賷 丕賱丨賷夭 丕賱囟賷賯 賳賮爻賴.
賱賰賳 賴賳丕賰 賱丨馗丕鬲 賮賷 丕賱丨賷丕丞 鬲亘丿賵 賮賷賴丕 丕賱丨丕噩丞 賲賱丨丞 賱丕賳鬲夭丕毓 兀賳賮爻賳丕 賲賳 囟毓賮 丕賱鬲乇丿丿. 賱賮毓賱 卮賷亍 賲丕. 兀賷 卮賷亍. 丨鬲賶 賲丕 賱丕 賷賮賷丿. 丨鬲賶 丕賱爻胤丨賷. 兀禺乇 毓賱丕賲丞 毓賱賶 丕賱賯丿乇丞 丕賱廿乇丕丿賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 賱丕 鬲夭丕賱 亘丕賯賷丞 賱賳丕. 賲孬賱 丕賱乇氐丿 賲賳 孬賯亘 賯賮賱 亘丕亘 賲賳毓賳丕 賲賳 毓亘賵乇賴.
賴賱 賴賷 丿毓賵賴 廿賱賶 賳亘匕 丕賱賰乇丕賴賷丞 賵 鬲噩爻賷乇 丕賱賴賵丞 丕賱賮丕氐賱丞 亘賷賳賳丕 賵 亘賷賳 丕賱兀禺乇 丕賱匕賷 賴賵 賲孬賱賳丕 賵 廿賳 乇兀賷賳丕 睾賷乇 匕賱賰責
賷賯丕賱 廿賳 賲賳 賷賰乇賴 賳賮爻賴 賴賵 賵丨丿賴 賲賳 賷賰乇賴 丕賱丌禺乇. 賱賰賳 兀爻賵兀 囟乇賵亘 丕賱賰乇丕賴賷丞 賷噩亘 兀賳 鬲賰賵賳 丕賱賰乇丕賴賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨孬 毓賱賶 毓丿賲 鬲丨賵賱 丕賱賲爻丕賵丕丞 賲毓 丕賱丌禺乇 賵 毓賱賶 毓丿賲 鬲丨賲賱賴丕 賱丕爻賷賲丕 廿匕丕 賰丕賳鬲 賴匕賴 丕賱賲爻丕賵丕丞 賲胤賱賯丞.
Profile Image for Araz Goran.
848 reviews4,571 followers
September 21, 2024
兀馗賳 兀賳 丕賱賮賰乇丞 賱賷爻鬲 噩丿賷丿丞 賮賷 丨丿 匕丕鬲賴丕 賵賱賰賳 賲丕 賰鬲亘賴 爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 賴賳丕 賴賵 廿毓胤丕亍 丕賱毓賲賯 賵丕賱鬲乇賰賷夭 丕賱卮丿賷丿 賵丕賱丨爻丕爻賷丞 丕賱賲賰孬賮丞 賱鬲賱賰 丕賱賮賰乇丞..
賮賰乇丞 兀賳 丕賱丌禺乇 賴賵 兀賳鬲 貙 兀賵 兀賳賰 兀賳鬲 賴賵 丕賱丌禺乇 兀賵 丕賱毓賰爻 鬲賲丕賲丕賸貙 兀賳 卮禺氐丕賸 丌禺乇 毓賱賶 賵噩賴 丕賱兀乇囟 賷卮亘賴賰 鬲賲丕賲丕賸貙 亘賱 賲胤丕亘賯 賱賰 賮賷 氐賵乇鬲賰 賵氐賵鬲賰 貙 賷毓賷卮 賰賱 賲賳賰賲丕 賮賷 毓丕賱賲 賲禺鬲賱賮 賵丨賷丕丞 賲禺鬲賱賮丞 貙 賱賰賳 丕賱氐賵乇丞 賴賷 匕丕鬲賴丕 賵丕賱鬲卮丕亘賴 毓噩賷亘 廿賱賶 兀賳 賱丕 卮賷亍 賷賲賷夭 兀丨丿賴賲丕 毓賳 丕賱丌禺乇..


賮賰乇丞 賲禺賷賮丞 賵賲賮夭毓丞貙 賱賷爻 賲賳 賳丕丨賷丞 賷鬲乇鬲亘 毓賱賷賴丕 賮賯胤貙 亘賱 丨鬲賶 賮賷 賰賵賳賴丕 丨丕賱丞 賲賳 毓丿賲 丕賱鬲賯亘賱 賵丕賱禺賵賮 賵丕賱噩賳賵賳 丕賱匕賷 賷賲賰賳 丕賳 賷氐賷亘 丕賱卮禺氐 賮賷 丨丕賱 丨氐賱 匕賱賰 賮毓賱丕賸貙 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賷 爻兀毓鬲亘乇賴 賲賳 丕爻賵亍 賰賵丕亘賷爻賷 廿孬丕乇丞 賱賱爻禺乇賷丞 賵丕賱賯賱賯 兀賷囟丕賸 貙 賮兀賳丕 兀丨亘 丕賰賵賳 賵丨丿賷 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱毓丕賱賲貙 賱賷爻鬲 兀賳丕賳賷丞 兀賵 卮賷卅丕賸 賲賳 賴匕丕 丕賱賯亘賷賱 貙 亘賱 賴賵 禺賵賮 賵噩賵丿賷 賮丨爻亘 貙 兀賳 鬲賰賵賳 賲噩乇丿 賳爻禺丞 賲夭賷賮丞 乇亘賲丕 貙 賱卮禺氐 丌禺乇 貙 賱賳 兀卮毓乇 亘丕賱兀賱賮丞 丨賷丕賱 匕賱賰貙 爻兀卮毓乇 亘睾乇亘丞 卮丿賷丿丞貙 亘廿賳賮氐丕賱 毓賳 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賱賲 賷爻亘賯 賱賷 兀賳 卮毓乇鬲 亘賴..


兀爻賱賵亘 爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賴賵 兀爻賱賵亘 丕賱氐丿賲丞 貙 胤乇丨 丕賱兀爻卅賱丞 貙 丕賱鬲賵睾賱 賮賷 毓賳氐乇 丕賱禺賵賮貙 丕賱賯賱賯貙 丕賱鬲乇賯亘貙 丕賱廿賳鬲馗丕乇貙 丕賱丿賴卮丞貙 丕賱鬲氐丕丿賲貙 賰賱 賲丕 賷賰鬲亘賴 爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 賴賳丕 賷噩毓賱賰 鬲乇鬲亘賰貙 鬲賳鬲馗乇 丕賱賱丨馗丞 丕賱鬲丕賱賷丞 賱鬲賳夭毓 丕賱賯賳丕毓 毓賳 賮夭毓 噩丿賷丿 賵鬲卮賵賷賯 兀賰孬乇 丨丿丞貙 爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 賱丕 賷賰鬲亘 賴賳丕貙 亘賱 賷噩爻丿 丕賱氐乇丕毓 亘賷賳 丕賱賳賮爻 賵丕賱卮禺氐 丕賱兀賵賱 賵丕賱丌禺乇貙 賷賰鬲亘 亘賰孬乇丞 貙 賷鬲胤丕賵賱 毓賱賶 丕賱爻乇丿 貙 賷睾丕賲乇 亘廿囟丕賮丞 賰賱 賲丕 賷毓鬲乇賷 丕賱賳賮爻 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞 賮賷 丨丕賱 丨氐賵賱 匕賱賰 丕賱兀賲乇貙 兀爻賱賵亘賴 賴賳丕 賱賷爻 賮賷 爻乇丿 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 亘賱 賮賷 丨丿賵孬賴丕 鬲夭丕賲賳丕賸 賲毓 兀卮賷丕亍 兀禺乇賶貙 賱賵 噩賲毓鬲 賰賱 丕賱爻賷賳丕乇賷賵賴丕鬲 賴賳丕 賮賷 毓賯賱 丕賱卮禺氐 賵丨賵丕乇 丕賱賳賮爻貙 賱丕 丕丿乇賷 亘賰賲 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 爻鬲禺乇噩..


賮賰乇丞 丕賱氐乇丕毓 亘丨丿 匕丕鬲賴丕 賰丕賳鬲 噩賲賷賱丞 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘賰賱 賲丕 賷丨賲賱賴 賲賳 鬲賳丕賯囟 賵賮爻丕丿 賱賱賳賮爻 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞 賵噩卮毓 賵賲丨丕賵賱丞 賱廿爻鬲睾賱丕賱 丕賱氐賵乇丞 賵丕賱噩爻丿 賱鬲丨賯賷賯 賲丌乇亘 丿賳賷卅丞 毓賳 胤乇賷賯 丕賱丌禺乇 貙 賮賰乇丞 丕賱毓丿丕亍 亘賷賳 卮亘賷賴賷賳 貙 賯氐丞 丕賱鬲賳丕賮乇 賵丕賱乇睾亘丞 賮賷 丕賱鬲禺賱氐 賲賳 丕賱丌禺乇貙 賷丕賱賴 賲賳 賯賱賲 賲乇賷囟 賵賲噩賳賵賳 賷丨賲賱賴 爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵貙 賵賱賰賳賴 賱丕匕毓貙 丨賯丕賸 賱賳 亘廿賲賰丕賳賷 爻賵賶 兀賳 兀爻鬲賲鬲毓 亘賰賱 賱丨馗丞 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞..


丕賱爻丐丕賱 丕賱兀禺賷乇 丕賱匕賷 胤乇丨賴 爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵貙 賲賳 丕賱賳爻禺丞 賲賳 丕賱丌禺乇貙 賵賲賳 賴賵 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷 賵賲賳 賴賵 丕賱賲夭賷賮責 賵賴賱 賴賳丕賰 廿丨鬲賲丕賱 賱賵噩賵丿 丌禺乇 睾賷乇賴賲丕 責


賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賱賷爻鬲 賱賱賳爻賷丕賳 貙賮賰乇鬲賴丕 睾賷乇 賯丕亘賱丞 賱匕賱賰貙 賱兀賳賰 丿丕卅賲丕賸 爻鬲賮賰乇 兀賳 賱賰 丌禺乇 賲孬賱賰貙 卮亘賷賴丕賸 亘賰貙 賵毓丿賵賰 賮賷 賳賮爻 丕賱賵賯鬲 ..
Profile Image for Brenda.
174 reviews10 followers
October 8, 2007
I should preface this review with a disclaimer that I both love Jose Saramago and magical realism. Adore both, actually. Do not judge my nerdiness. I will loudly and proudly shout to the line behind me at the book store that I cannot wait to read about a magical mountain range. And when the manager has to come over and escort me to the door with my purchases, I'll shout even louder about how much I admire the tale of an old village woman who lived to be 250. And when the manager tells me I cannot come back, well then I'll probably just go to my car, because what a jerk.

Like all of Saramago's books, this one starts with a puzzling anomaly in the normal, regimented, and dull life of an unassuming nobody living in a large, identity-robbing city. Then the next two-thirds of the book provide extremely detailed subtleties into the nature and personality of the protagonist and his environment. This section is so beautifully written, but it almost seems like he loses the story. Until bango! The last, gripping 75 pages or so where the entire plot erupts into action sequences and discoveries. What is so brilliant about Saramago is he does not spell anything out directly. You need to really absorb the first sections of the book to figure out the full meaning and unravel the plot.

In this book, not only was the ending fast paced, it was also murderous and malicious and filled with grief and sex. More explicit than I anticipated and keeping me up late at night with my lamp burning. Loved it. And the translator must be a genius with words because translating a book where you have to dig up "persipacity" is cuckoo bananas. I highly recommend "The Double" if you like Saramago. If you generally don't care for his stuff, then no way will you like this one. At least that's my prediction because it's 100% his style the whole way through.
Profile Image for Hugh.
1,279 reviews49 followers
December 6, 2016
Saramago was a unique literary magician, and this is one of his most hauntingly memorable books. This one is a real slow burner, which demands great patience of its reader, but like so many of Saramago's books it is full of dry humour.

The first part of the book might even be described as dull, as the long and apparently rambling sentences, conversations without quotes, and occasional asides from his omniscient narrator set up a picture of an unsympathetic and drab antihero, a depressed history teacher who watches a video recommended by a colleague and sees a bit part actor who is his exact likeness.

As in his modern parables , and , Saramago takes an implausible scenario and slowly and inexorably explores the consequences - this one is a more personal story.

The last 100 pages or so are absolutely gripping and the denouement is very clever - many readers may not get that far, but those who do may find the book unforgettable.
Profile Image for Sawsan.
1,000 reviews
September 24, 2022
兀賮賰丕乇 乇賵丕賷丕鬲 爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 賲亘鬲賰乇丞 賵賲鬲賲賷夭丞 噩丿丕
賲丕匕丕 賱賵 丕賱亘卮乇 賲鬲卮丕亘賴賷賳 賱丿乇噩丞 丕賱鬲胤丕亘賯.. 賲丕 賴賷 丕丨鬲賲丕賱丕鬲 丕賱鬲毓丕賷卮 賲毓 丕賱丌禺乇
賵丕賱兀賴賲 丕丨鬲賲丕賱丕鬲 丕賱兀匕賶 賵丕賱廿爻丕亍丞 賱賱丌禺乇 亘丿丕賮毓 丕賱乇睾亘丞 賮賷 丕賱鬲賮乇丿 賵丕賱禺氐賵氐賷丞
賳氐 兀丿亘賷 賲賱卅 亘丕賱鬲爻丕丐賱丕鬲 賵丕賱丕賮鬲乇丕囟丕鬲 賵賰丕卮賮 賱丿賵丕禺賱 丕賱賳賮爻 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳賷丞
Profile Image for Pedro.
96 reviews13 followers
February 29, 2016
Como somn铆fero est谩 entre las mejores novelas, me dije despu茅s de dos horas de sue帽o vespertino provocado por una disertaci贸n entre Tertuliano y el sentido com煤n. Primera vez que leo a Saramago. No estaba al tanto de su estilo: oraciones infinitas, entradas de dialogo despu茅s de una coma y una may煤scula, p谩rrafos que se prolongan durante decenas y decenas de p谩ginas... Alguien me recomend贸 el autor, el t铆tulo de la novela me pareci贸 interesante y decid铆 comenzar a leerlo por aqu铆.

Estuve a punto de abandonar la novela varias veces, incluso durante el primer cap铆tulo, que en mi edici贸n tiene cerca de 70 p谩ginas. La trama, aunque interesante, avanzaba a pasos min煤sculos, frenada por las frecuentes reflexiones del narrador, que ejemplificaba las situaciones m谩s triviales del ser humano con met谩foras, hay que decirlo, exquisitas.

Es solo llegando al final del segundo cap铆tulo, en la parte meridional del texto, donde realmente despert贸 mi inter茅s. Saramago tiene un dominio sublime de la puntuaci贸n y el discurso, la lectura mental es tangible, el ritmo de la prosa, aunque lento, tambi茅n lleva v茅rtigo. Las partes somn铆feras de la primera mitad del texto ahora me parec铆an esenciales. Poco a poco me vi envuelto con el manto de la historia, tendido por un maestro, uno de los de verdad.

Nunca me alegr茅 tanto de no haber abandonado un libro, de haber aguantado la larga subida, de pendiente pronunciada, hasta el borde de la segunda mitad. El 煤ltimo cuarto de la historia, mientras los cabos se enlazaban, lo le铆 sentado en la orilla de la silla, trag谩ndome las palabras enteras para acelerar la revelaci贸n del desenlace. El drama, el humor, el morbo y lo parad贸jico eclosionan, y me sorprendo, me parece incre铆ble que una novela que me durmi贸 una tarde, me quit贸 el sue帽o por la noche.

Profile Image for Cl谩udia Azevedo.
364 reviews192 followers
November 18, 2019
Saramago nunca me desilude. Neste livro, o tema da identidade 茅 central. A identidade por compara莽茫o a um outro, no tempo e no espa莽o.
E se, tal como Tertuliano M谩ximo, descobr铆ssemos de repente que h谩 um outro igual a n贸s? Algu茅m que pode ocupar o nosso lugar, amar as nossas pessoas, da mesma forma? Se deixarmos de ser quem somos - ou de ser quem sabemos, enlouquecemos?

"o senso comum n茫o passa de uma forma de m茅dia aritm茅tica que vai subindo ou baixando consoante a mar茅, Previs铆vel, portanto, Efectivamente, sou a mais previs铆vel de todas as coisas que h谩 no mundo."

"Cada segundo que passa 茅 como uma porta que se abre para deixar entrar o que ainda n茫o sucedeu, isso a que damos o nome de futuro, por茅m, desafiando a contradi莽茫o com o que acabou de ser dito, talvez a ideia correcta seja a de que o futuro 茅 somente um imenso vazio, a de que o futuro n茫o 茅 mais que o tempo de que o eterno presente se alimenta."
Profile Image for Ahmed Oraby.
1,014 reviews3,154 followers
November 12, 2014
兀賳丕 亘賷鬲賴賷兀賱賷 賲賲賰賳 兀賲賵鬲 丿賱賵賯鬲賷 賵兀賳丕 賮賷 賯賲丞 丕賱爻毓丕丿丞
賯賲丞 丕賱噩賲丕賱
賯賲丞 丕賱毓亘賯乇賷丞
禺賷丕賱 爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 丕賱毓噩賷亘 賵兀賮賰丕乇賴 丕賱噩賴賳賲賷丞
鬲毓賱賷賯丕鬲賴 丕賱賲囟丨賰丞
賯賵丞 兀爻賱賵亘賴
毓賲賯 丕賱賮賰乇丞
丕賱丨亘賰丞
賲鬲毓丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞
賮賳 丕賱爻乇丿
乇賵丕賷丞 禺乇丕賮丞
August 19, 2020
螚 慰蟻纬萎 蟿蠅谓 蟺蟻维蠅谓 魏伪喂 蟿伪 喂未蔚慰位慰纬喂魏维 蟽畏渭伪委谓慰谓蟿伪 渭蔚 蔚蠀纬位蠅蟿蟿委伪, 慰蟻胃蠈蟿畏蟿伪 魏伪喂 蔚蟺维蟻魏蔚喂伪 伪谓伪蟺蟿蠉蟽慰谓蟿伪喂 蟽蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 伪蟻喂蟽蟿慰蠉蟻纬畏渭伪 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 伪谓伪纬魏伪委伪 蟺慰位蠀蟺位慰魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪 蟿慰蠀 胃苇渭伪蟿慰蟼.
螠喂伪 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蟿蔚蟻维蟽蟿喂慰蠀 未喂伪渭蔚蟿蟻萎渭伪蟿慰蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 畏 蟺伪谓维蟻蠂伪喂畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蟿慰蠀 魏慰喂谓慰蠉 谓慰蠀. 韦畏蟼 魏慰喂谓萎蟼 位慰纬喂魏萎蟼.
螠伪 渭畏 纬蔚位喂苇蟽蟿蔚, 慰 魏慰喂谓蠈蟼 谓慰蠀蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 蠀蟺蔚蟻尾慰位喂魏维 魏慰喂谓蠈蟼 魏伪喂 伪蠁蔚位萎蟼,委蟽蠅蟼 魏伪喂 蔚蠀蟿蔚位萎蟼, 纬蔚渭维蟿慰蟼 伪蟺慰 蠁伪谓蟿伪蟽委蔚蟼, 慰谓蔚喂蟻慰蟺慰位萎蟽蔚喂蟼 魏伪喂 魏伪蟿畏纬蠈蟻喂蔚蟼.
螘委谓伪喂 蠀蟺蔚蟻尾慰位喂魏维 魏慰喂谓蠈蟼 纬喂伪 谓伪 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏蠈蟼 魏伪喂 位慰纬喂魏蠈蟼. 危蟿畏谓 伪位畏胃喂谓萎 蟿慰蠀 苇魏蠁伪谓蟽畏 蔚委谓伪喂 伪蟺位蠋蟼 魏伪喂 渭蠈谓慰 苇谓伪 魏蔚蠁维位伪喂慰 蟽蟿伪蟿喂蟽蟿喂魏萎蟼, 蟿慰 蟺喂慰 蔚魏位伪蠆魏蔚蠀渭苇谓慰 伪蟺慰 蠈位伪.
螣 维谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰蟼 伪谓蟿委纬蟻伪蠁慰 蔚委谓伪喂 魏蠀蟻喂慰位蔚魏蟿喂魏维 苇谓伪 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚喂蠅渭苇谓慰 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿蠈蟻畏渭伪 伪蟺慰 伪蠀蟿维 蟺慰蠀 蟺蟻苇蟺蔚喂 谓伪 蔚委渭伪蟽蟿蔚 蟺伪谓蟿慰蟿喂谓维 蔚蠀纬谓蠋渭慰谓蔚蟼 伪谓 蟿蠉蠂蔚喂 谓伪 蟿伪 魏伪蟿伪位维尾慰蠀渭蔚, 谓伪 蟿伪 谓喂蠋蟽慰蠀渭蔚, 谓伪 伪喂蟽胃伪谓慰蠉渭蔚 蟺蠅蟼 蟺伪蟻伪魏慰位慰蠀胃萎蟽伪渭蔚 蟽伪谓 蠈谓蔚喂蟻慰, 蟽伪谓 蔚蠁喂维位蟿畏, 蠅蟼 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪, 蟿畏谓 维伟位畏 蟽蠉谓慰未慰 魏慰蟻蠀蠁萎蟼 蠄蠀蠂蠋谓 魏伪喂 蟽蟿喂纬渭蠋谓, 蟺蔚蟺蟻蠅渭苇谓蠅谓 魏伪喂 蟿蠀蠂伪委伪蟼 蟺伪位喂谓未蟻慰渭喂魏萎蟼 蔚谓蟽蠀谓伪委蟽胃畏蟽畏蟼 蠀蟺伪蟻尉喂伪魏慰蠉 蔚蟺苇魏蔚喂谓伪 蟿慰蠀 渭慰喂蟻伪委慰蠀, 蟺慰蠀 未慰魏喂渭维味蔚蟿伪喂 伪蟺慰 蟿慰谓 魏慰喂谓蠈 谓慰蠀 蠅蟼 蟺蔚委蟻伪渭伪 蟺蟻慰慰蟻喂蟽渭慰蠉 蟺慰蠀 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 谓伪 蠁苇蟻蔚喂 慰蟺慰喂伪未萎蟺慰蟿蔚 伪蟺委胃伪谓畏 味蠅萎.
螆渭蠁伪谓蟽畏 蔚谓伪谓蟿喂 蟿畏蟼 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂渭慰蟿畏蟿伪蟼, 未喂蠈蟿喂 谓伪,
魏维蟿喂 蟿苇蟿慰喂伪 伪蟻喂蟽蟿慰蠀蟻纬萎渭伪蟿伪 谓伪 未喂伪尾伪蟽蟿慰蠉谓 伪蟺位蠋蟼 魏伪喂 渭蠈谓慰,
未蔚谓 蠀蟺维蟻蠂蔚喂 蟺蔚蟻委蟺蟿蠅蟽畏, 蟿慰蠀位维蠂喂蟽蟿慰谓 蠈蟽慰谓 伪蠁慰蟻维 蟿慰蠀蟼 味蠅谓蟿伪谓慰蠉蟼 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺喂谓慰蠀蟼 慰蟻纬伪谓喂蟽渭慰蠉蟼 渭蔚 魏维蟺慰喂伪 伪谓蟿喂位畏蟺蟿喂魏萎 喂魏伪谓蠈蟿畏蟿伪 蠂蟻蠀蟽萎蟼 渭蔚蟿蟻喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪蟼.

螝喂 伪蠁慰蠉 位慰喂蟺蠈谓 慰喂 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺喂谓蔚蟼 蟺蟻维尉蔚喂蟼 蔚谓 纬苇谓蔚喂, 魏伪胃慰蟻委味慰谓蟿伪喂 伪蟺慰 渭喂伪 伪位位畏位慰蠀蠂委伪 蟺伪蟻慰蟻渭萎蟽蔚蠅谓 蟺蟻慰蔚蟻蠂蠈渭蔚谓蠅谓 伪蟺慰 魏维胃蔚 蟽蠀渭蟺伪谓蟿喂魏蠈 萎 未喂伪蟺位伪谓畏蟿喂魏蠈 慰蟻委味慰谓蟿伪 蠀蟺蔚蟻尾伪蟿喂魏蠋谓 蠀蟺慰魏蔚喂渭苇谓蠅谓 蟽蔚 苇谓蟽蟿喂魏蟿伪, 伪蟺慰 蟿伪 伪蟻蠂苇纬慰谓伪 渭苇蠂蟻喂 锟斤拷蠀蟿维 蟺慰蠀 渭伪蟼 魏伪胃慰蟻委味慰蠀谓 蠈蟺蠅蟼 蠀蟺萎蟻尉伪渭蔚 伪未喂维位蔚喂蟺蟿伪 蠅蟼 蟿蠋蟻伪, 蟺伪蟻伪位蔚喂蟺蠈渭蔚谓伪 魏维蟺慰喂伪 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚委伪 位慰纬喂魏萎蟼, 慰喂 蟺伪蟻维纬慰谓蟿蔚蟼 蟿蠅谓 慰蟺慰委蠅谓 未蔚谓 渭伪蟼 伪蠁慰蟻慰蠉谓. 螝维蟺蠅蟼 苇蟿蟽喂, 慰 未维蟽魏伪位慰蟼 蟺慰蠀 伪蟺慰魏慰蟻蠉蠁蠅蟽蔚 蟿畏 蟽慰蠁委伪 渭蔚 蟿慰 蟺慰谓畏蟻蠈 蟿慰蠀 蟺谓蔚蠉渭伪, 螙慰味苇 危伪蟻伪渭维纬魏慰蠀 魏伪蟿伪蠁苇蟻谓蔚喂 渭蔚 伪蟺位慰蠀蟽蟿蔚蠀渭苇谓慰 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰 蔚蟺伪纬蠅纬喂魏萎蟼 魏伪喂 未喂伪位蔚魏蟿喂魏萎蟼 萎 渭蔚 蠈蟺慰喂伪 渭慰蟻蠁萎 位蠈纬慰蠀 蟺蟻慰蟿喂渭维蔚喂 魏伪胃苇谓伪蟼 渭伪蟼 谓伪 位慰纬委味蔚蟿伪喂 慰谓 蟽魏蔚蟺蟿蠈渭蔚谓慰 魏伪喂 蟺伪蟻鈥櫹屛晃迪� 蟿喂蟼 未蠀蟽魏慰位委蔚蟼 蟺慰蠀 伪谓蟿喂渭蔚蟿蠅蟺委味蔚喂 魏蠈谓蟿蟻伪 蟽蟿慰谓 魏慰喂谓蠈 谓慰蠀, 蟺慰蠀 蟺慰位蠉 蟽蠀蠂谓维 纬委谓蔚蟿伪喂 魏慰喂谓蠈蟿慰蟺慰蟼 魏伪喂 蔚蟺伪谓伪位畏蟺蟿喂魏维 未蔚蟽渭蠋蟿畏蟼 蟿畏蟼 伪蟺伪委未蔚蠀蟿畏蟼 渭维味伪蟼. 螒蠀蟿萎蟼 蟺慰蠀 渭蟺位苇魏蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蠀谓伪喂蟽胃畏渭伪蟿喂魏维 渭蔚 畏渭喂渭维胃蔚喂伪, 伪蠁蔚位苇蟽蟿伪蟿伪 魏伪喂 伪谓蠋渭伪位伪 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 蠅蠁蔚位喂渭蠈蟿畏蟿伪 蟿畏蟼 未喂慰蟻伪蟿喂魏萎蟼 魏伪喂 渭蟺位蔚纬渭苇谓畏蟼 未蔚喂蟽喂未伪喂渭慰谓委伪蟼 渭喂伪蟼 蟺位蔚渭蟺伪委伪蟼 伪胃位喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪蟼 魏伪喂 蠀蟺蔚魏蠁蠀纬萎蟼 蟺慰蠀 尉蔚渭伪蟿喂维味蔚喂 蠈,蟿喂 未蔚谓 伪谓萎魏蔚喂 蟽蟿慰 纬谓蠅蟽喂慰位慰纬喂魏蠈 蟿畏蟼 蟺蔚未委慰 魏伪喂 魏慰喂渭维蟿伪喂 萎蟽蠀蠂畏 魏伪喂 胃伪蟻伪位位苇伪 苇蠂慰谓蟿伪蟼 蟿苇蟿慰喂伪 蟺蠀蟻畏谓喂魏维 蠈蟺位伪 尾喂蠅渭伪蟿喂魏萎蟼 喂蟽蠂蠉慰蟼 苇谓伪谓蟿喂 蟿蠅谓 蟺谓蔚蠀渭伪蟿喂魏蠋谓 伪蠀蟿慰蠀蟻纬蠋谓. 螒蠀蟿蠈蟼 慰 位伪蟿蟻蔚渭苇谓慰蟼 ( 未蔚谓 纬委谓蔚蟿伪喂 谓伪 渭慰蠀 味畏蟿维蟿蔚 伪谓蟿喂魏蔚喂渭蔚谓喂魏萎 维蟺慰蠄畏 蠈蟿伪谓 蟺蟻蠈魏蔚喂蟿伪喂 纬喂伪 伪蠀蟿蠈谓 蟿慰谓 蟿喂蟿伪谓慰渭苇纬喂蟽蟿慰) 纬蟻伪蠁喂维蟼 蟺蟻慰蟽蟺伪胃蔚委 谓伪 蔚喂蟽伪纬维纬蔚喂 蟽蟿慰谓 喂蟽蟿蠈 蟿蠅谓 魏喂谓萎蟿蟻蠅谓 渭伪蟼, 渭蔚 魏维胃蔚 伪纬谓蠈蟿畏蟿伪 魏伪喂 蔚喂位喂魏蟻喂谓苇蟽蟿伪蟿畏 蠀蟺蔚魏蠁蠀纬萎, 蟿畏谓 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟻喂谓萎 苇蟽蟿蠅 伪蟺慰未慰蠂萎 渭伪蟼 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 蔚尉萎纬畏蟽畏 蟺慰蠀 渭伪蟼 未委谓蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蠂蔚蟿喂魏维 渭蔚 蟿慰 伪喂蟽胃畏蟿蠈 蔚谓未喂伪蠁苇蟻慰谓 蟺慰蠀 蔚蟺喂未蔚喂魏谓蠉蔚喂 纬蟻维蠁慰谓蟿伪蟼, 伪谓伪蠁蔚蟻蠈渭蔚谓慰蟼 蟽蟿畏谓 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺喂谓畏 蠁蠀蟽喂魏萎 蟺蔚蟻喂苇蟻纬蔚喂伪 蟽蠂蔚蟿喂魏维 渭蔚 蟿喂蟼 蟽蠂苇蟽蔚喂蟼 蟺慰蠀 蠀蟺维蟻蠂慰蠀谓 伪谓维渭蔚蟽伪 蟽蔚 伪蠀蟿慰蠀蟻纬慰蠉蟼.

螆蟿蟽喂 胃伪 渭蟺慰蟻苇蟽蔚喂 谓伪 渭伪蟼 蔚尉畏纬萎蟽蔚喂 伪蟺位维 位喂蟿维 魏伪喂 伪蟺苇蟻喂蟿蟿伪 蟺蔚委胃慰谓蟿伪蟼 渭伪蟼 蟺蠅蟼 伪谓伪蠁苇蟻蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蔚 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽蟿蔚蟼 蟺慰蠀 未喂伪胃苇蟿慰蠀谓 伪蟻蔚蟿苇蟼 蔚尉蔚位喂纬渭苇谓蠅谓 胃畏位伪蟽蟿喂魏蠋谓, 蠈蟺蠅蟼 畏 慰尉蠉谓慰喂伪 魏伪喂 畏 未喂慰蟻伪蟿喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪, 蟿畏谓 尾蔚尾伪喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪 蟺蠅蟼 慰蠉蟿蔚 慰 蟺喂慰 蔚蠀伪委蟽胃畏蟿慰蟼 蔚蟻蔚蠀谓畏蟿萎蟼, 蟺慰蠀 维蠁畏蟽蔚 蟿慰 蟽畏渭维未喂 蟿慰蠀 蟽蟿畏谓 蔚蟺喂蟽蟿萎渭畏 蟿畏蟼 蔚纬魏位畏渭伪蟿慰位慰纬委伪蟼 未蔚谓 胃伪 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉蟽蔚 谓伪 蠁伪谓蟿伪蟽蟿蔚委 蟺蠅蟼 蟽蟿慰谓 维谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰 伪谓蟿委纬蟻伪蠁慰, 蟽蟿慰 蟺伪蟻维未慰尉慰 魏伪喂 伪谓伪蟿蟻喂蠂喂伪蟽蟿喂魏蠈 伪蠀蟿蠈 味萎蟿畏渭伪, 蔚谓维谓蟿喂伪 蟽蔚 蠈位蔚蟼 蟿喂蟼 纬蟻伪蟺蟿苇蟼 蔚谓未蔚委尉蔚喂蟼, 慰 畏胃喂魏蠈蟼 伪蠀蟿慰蠀蟻纬蠈蟼 魏伪喂 慰 蠀位喂魏蠈蟼 伪蠀蟿慰蠀蟻纬蠈蟼 蟿畏蟼 伪蟺慰谓蔚谓慰畏渭苇谓畏蟼 伪蟺维蟿畏蟼, 蟿畏蟼 伪蟽伪蠁慰蠉蟼 魏伪喂 伪蠈蟻喂蟽蟿畏蟼 蟺蟻蠈胃蔚蟽畏蟼 未喂伪未喂魏伪蟽委伪蟼 伪谓维位蠀蟽畏蟼, 伪位委渭慰谓慰 渭伪蟼, 苇喂谓伪喂 苇谓伪 魏伪喂 蟿慰 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟺蟻蠈蟽蠅蟺慰.

螚 Boston Globe 未萎位蠅蟽蔚 蠈蟿喂 畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蔚委谓伪喂 苇谓伪蟼 芦蠀蟺苇蟻慰蠂伪 蟽蟿蟻喂渭渭苇谓慰蟼 未喂伪位慰纬喂蟽渭蠈蟼 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 蟿伪蠀蟿蠈蟿畏蟿伪 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 伪蟿慰渭喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪禄. 螖喂维尾伪蟽伪 蟿畏谓 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蠅蟼 渭喂伪 蠄蠀蠂慰位慰纬喂魏萎 伪蟺慰蟿蠀蠂委伪 蟺慰蠀 苇蠂慰蠀谓 慰喂 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟽蠈蟿蔚蟻慰喂 维谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰喂, 蔚蟺蔚喂未萎 蔚委谓伪喂 未蠀蟽伪蟻蔚蟽蟿畏渭苇谓慰喂 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 蔚伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰蠀蟼, 胃苇位慰蠀谓 谓伪 蔚委谓伪喂 魏维蟺慰喂慰蟼 维位位慰蟼 魏伪喂 苇蠂慰蠀谓 维位位蔚蟼 蔚渭蟺蔚喂蟻委蔚蟼.

芦螣 螙慰味苇 危伪蟻伪渭维纬魏慰蠀 (1922-2010), 螤慰蟻蟿慰纬维位慰蟼 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪蟼, 魏苇蟻未喂蟽蔚 蟿慰 尾蟻伪尾蔚委慰 螡蠈渭蟺蔚位 螞慰纬慰蟿蔚蠂谓委伪蟼 蟿慰 1998. 韦慰 2008, 慰 纬谓蠅蟽蟿蠈蟼 魏蟻喂蟿喂魏蠈蟼 围维蟻慰位谓蟿 螠蟺位慰蠀渭 蟿慰谓 慰谓蠈渭伪蟽蔚 芦蟿慰谓 渭蔚纬伪位蠉蟿蔚蟻慰 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿慰蟻喂慰纬蟻维蠁慰 味蠅谓蟿伪谓蠈 蟽蟿慰谓 魏蠈蟽渭慰 蟽萎渭蔚蟻伪禄. 螆纬蟻伪蠄蔚 蟿慰 蟺蟻蠋蟿慰 蟿慰蠀 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿蠈蟻畏渭伪 蟿慰 1947 芦螚 围蠋蟻伪 蟿畏蟼 螒渭伪蟻蟿委伪蟼禄 蠈蟿伪谓 萎蟿伪谓 25 蔚蟿蠋谓. 螖蔚谓 苇纬喂谓蔚 伪谓蟿喂位畏蟺蟿蠈蟼 蠅蟼 位伪渭蟺蟻蠈蟼 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪蟼 渭苇蠂蟻喂 蟿伪 60 蟿慰蠀. 螠蔚蟻喂魏慰委 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽蟿蔚蟼 尾位苇蟺慰蠀谓 渭蔚蟻喂魏维 伪蟺蠈 蟿伪 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿慰蟻萎渭伪蟿维 蟿慰蠀 蠅蟼 伪位位畏纬慰蟻委蔚蟼, 维位位慰喂 尾位苇蟺慰蠀谓 渭蔚蟻喂魏维 伪蟺蠈 伪蠀蟿维 蠅蟼 蟽伪蟿喂蟻喂魏维. 螚 螘蟺喂蟿蟻慰蟺萎 螘蠀纬蔚谓蠋谓 螔蟻伪尾蔚委蠅谓 蟺蔚蟻喂苇纬蟻伪蠄蔚 蟿伪 尾喂尾位委伪 蟿慰蠀 蠅蟼 芦蟽蠉纬蠂蟻慰谓慰 蟽魏蔚蟺蟿喂魏喂蟽渭蠈 纬喂伪 蟿喂蟼 蔚蟺委蟽畏渭蔚蟼 伪位萎胃蔚喂蔚蟼禄. 螇蟿伪谓 维胃蔚慰蟼 魏伪喂 魏慰渭渭慰蠀谓喂蟽蟿萎蟼. 围位蔚蠀维蟽胃畏魏蔚 蟿畏 胃蟻畏蟽魏蔚委伪 蟽蔚 尾喂尾位委伪 蠈蟺蠅蟼 蟿慰 1991 芦韦慰 螘蠀伪纬纬苇位喂慰 危蠉渭蠁蠅谓伪 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 螜畏蟽慰蠉 围蟻喂蟽蟿蠈禄, 蟿慰 慰蟺慰委慰 渭慰蠀 维蟻蔚蟽蔚, 伪谓 魏伪喂 畏 螝伪胃慰位喂魏萎 螘魏魏位畏蟽委伪 蟺蔚蟻喂蠁蟻蠈谓畏蟽蔚 魏伪喂 纬蔚位慰喂慰蟺慰委畏蟽蔚 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰.
螆蠂蔚喂 苇谓伪 渭慰谓伪未喂魏蠈 蟽蟿蠀位 纬蟻伪蠁萎蟼. 螣喂 蟺蟻慰蟿维蟽蔚喂蟼 蟿慰蠀 蔚委谓伪喂 伪蟽蠀谓萎胃喂蟽蟿伪 渭蔚纬维位蔚蟼, 蟽蠀蠂谓维 渭喂伪 蟽蔚位委未伪. 危蠀谓未蠀维味蔚喂 蟽蠀蠂谓维 蟿喂蟼 蟽魏苇蠄蔚喂蟼 蟿蠅谓 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻蠅谓 蟿慰蠀 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿慰蟻萎渭伪蟿慰蟼 渭蔚 伪蠀蟿苇蟼 蟿慰蠀 伪蠁畏纬畏蟿萎 蟿慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰蠀, 伪位位维 尉蔚蠂蠅蟻委味蔚喂 蟽伪蠁蠋蟼 蟿伪 未蠉慰. 螖蔚谓 蠂蟻畏蟽喂渭慰蟺慰喂蔚委 蔚喂蟽伪纬蠅纬喂魏维. 韦慰蟺慰胃蔚蟿蔚委 蟽蠀谓慰渭喂位委蔚蟼 渭蔚蟿伪尉蠉 伪蟿蠈渭蠅谓 蟽蔚 渭委伪 蟺蟻蠈蟿伪蟽畏 魏伪喂 未喂伪魏蟻委谓蔚喂 蟿喂蟼 蟺伪蟻伪蟿畏蟻萎蟽蔚喂蟼 魏维胃蔚 伪蟿蠈渭慰蠀 蟿蔚蟻渭伪蟿委味慰谓蟿伪蟼 蟿慰 渭蔚 魏蠈渭渭伪 魏伪喂 尉蔚魏喂谓蠋谓蟿伪蟼 蟿畏 未萎位蠅蟽畏 蟿慰蠀 蔚蟺蠈渭蔚谓慰蠀 伪蟿蠈渭慰蠀 渭蔚 魏蔚蠁伪位伪委慰 纬蟻维渭渭伪. 螖蔚谓 蟺蟻苇蟺蔚喂 谓伪 蟺喂蟽蟿蔚蠉慰蠀渭蔚 蠈蟿喂 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 蟽蟿蠀位 魏伪胃喂蟽蟿维 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 未蠉蟽魏慰位慰 谓伪 未喂伪尾伪蟽蟿蔚委, 伪蠀蟿蠈 未蔚谓 蟽蠀渭尾伪委谓蔚喂, 蟺蟻慰蟽胃苇蟿蔚喂 蟽蟿畏谓 蟿伪蠂蠉蟿畏蟿伪 蟿畏蟼 蟽蠀谓慰渭喂位委伪蟼 魏伪喂 蟽蟿畏谓 魏伪蟿伪谓蠈畏蟽萎 渭伪蟼 蠈蟿喂 蟺蟻蠈魏蔚喂蟿伪喂 纬喂伪 渭委伪 蟽蠀谓慰渭喂位委伪.
韦慰 "The Double" 未畏渭慰蟽喂蔚蠉胃畏魏蔚 蟿慰 2002. 韦慰 San Francisco Chronicle 蟿慰 慰谓蠈渭伪蟽蔚 蟿慰 魏伪位蠉蟿蔚蟻慰 尾喂尾位委慰 蟿慰蠀 2004, 蟿畏 蠂蟻慰谓喂维 蟺慰蠀 渭蔚蟿伪蠁蟻维蟽蟿畏魏蔚 蟽蟿伪 螒纬纬位喂魏维. 螣喂 New York Times 苇纬蟻伪蠄伪谓: 芦螘委谓伪喂 未蔚位蔚伪蟽蟿喂魏蠈 谓伪 胃蔚蠅蟻慰蠉渭蔚 蟿慰 [The Double] 蠅蟼 蟿慰 伪蟻喂蟽蟿慰蠉蟻纬畏渭维 蟿慰蠀禄. 韦慰 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿蠈蟻畏渭伪 蔚委谓伪喂 蠀蟺苇蟻慰蠂慰 蠈蠂喂 位蠈纬蠅 蟿蠅谓 纬蔚纬慰谓蠈蟿蠅谓 蟽蟿畏谓 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪, 伪位位维 位蠈纬蠅 蟿慰蠀 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰蠀 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 慰蟺慰委慰 未喂畏纬蔚委蟿伪喂 畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪禄.

鈥�-螆蠂蠅 未喂伪尾维蟽蔚喂 蟿伪 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟽蠈蟿蔚蟻伪 尾喂尾位委伪 蟿慰蠀 蟺蟻慰蟽魏蠀谓蠋, 位伪蟿蟻蔚蠉蠅 魏伪喂 胃蔚慰蟺慰喂蠋 伪蠀蟿蠈谓 蟿慰谓 魏慰蟽渭喂魏蠈 蔚尉蠅纬萎喂谓慰 蟺蟻蠅蟿蠈蟿蠀蟺慰 苇谓伪谓蟿喂 蟽蔚 魏维胃蔚 伪谓蟿委纬蟻伪蠁慰 !...


螝伪位萎 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽畏.
螤慰位位慰蠉蟼 伪蟽蟺伪蟽渭慰蠉蟼.
Profile Image for Tawfek is procrastinating.
3,571 reviews2,213 followers
February 3, 2024
丿賷 鬲丕賳賷 乇賵丕賷丞 丕賯乇丕賴丕 賱爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 賵 鬲丕賳賷 賲乇丞 賷毓賲賱賴丕 丕賳賴 賷賰鬲亘 賳賴丕賷丞 賲賲賷夭丞 噩丿賸丕 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵 賱鬲丕賳賷 賲乇丞 鬲賰賵賳 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 丨亘 睾賷乇 賲鬲賵賯毓.
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 噩賲賷賱丞 噩丿賸丕 亘爻 丕賱毓賷亘 賰丕賳 賮賷丕 賲賰賳卮 賱賷丕 賳賮爻 丕賯乇丕 賵 爻亘鬲賴丕 賵 禺賱氐鬲 乇賵丕賷丞 鬲丕賳賷丞 亘毓丿 賰丿賴 乇噩毓鬲賱賴丕.
丕毓鬲賯丿 丿賷 賮賷 丕賱睾丕賱亘 賲賳 丕賴賲 乇賵丕賷丕鬲 爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 賮賷賴 卮睾賱 丕賰孬乇 亘賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賳賯胤丕毓丕鬲 丕賱賲賵鬲 丕賱賱賷 賯乇丕鬲賴丕賱賴 爻丕亘賯賸丕.
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘鬲丨賰賷 毓賳 賲丿乇爻 鬲丕乇賷禺 亘賷賰鬲卮賮 丕賳 賮賷賴 賵丕丨丿 氐賵乇丞 胤亘賯 丕賱兀氐賱 賲賳賴 亘賷卮賵賮賴 賮賷 賮賷賱賲 賵 亘賷亘丿亍 乇丨賱丞 亘丨孬 毓賳 丕賱卮禺氐 丿賴 賱賰賷 賷毓乇賮 丕爻賲賴 賵 毓賳賵丕賳賴 賵 賷亘丿亍 丕賱鬲賵丕氐賱 亘賷賳賴賲.
賲卮 丨丕亘亘 賷賰賵賳 丕賱乇賷賮賷賵 丨乇賯 賮賴爻賷亘賴 乇賷賮賷賵 賯氐賷乇.
卮賰乇賸丕 爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 賱賱賲乇丞 丕賱鬲丕賳賷丞.
Profile Image for Pedro.
229 reviews653 followers
February 21, 2020
If you鈥檙e one of those readers who give low ratings to books only because you didn鈥檛 like the characters鈥� personality traits and/or behaviour then don鈥檛 even get close to this one.

If your favourite books can be found on sale at the supermarket around the corner be warned, this one is definitely not for you.

If turning the pages quickly is more important to you than to let yourself be carried away by good writing and philosophical thought provoking ideas to a satisfying ending, I definitely wouldn鈥檛 recommend this novel to you.

If you think I鈥檓 becoming a book snob though, let me tell you you鈥檙e absolutely right.

A good book is not a good book only because I liked it; it just is.
Profile Image for 搁谋诲惫补苍.
544 reviews93 followers
November 6, 2016
Simdi bu kitapta benim icin 5 yildizin yetmedigi kitaplardan biri oldu. Bir kere Saramago'yu artik tanidim. Bazi kitaplari var ki; hikaye on planda, "K枚rluk" gibi. Her ne kadar bir Tuna Kiremtci olmasada(!) vasatin ustu bir edebiyatla mesaj kaygisi gutmeden sadece hikayeyi anlatip gectigi kitaplar var. Her kitap insana birseyler katar ancak bu gibi kitaplar ancak tamamini okuyup bitirince bir anlam kazaniyor.
Bir de klasik Saramago diyebilecegimiz, ona 枚zg眉, bir sayfa bile degil bir paragraf okusak hemen bu Saramago diyebilecegimiz kitaplari var. (Paragraflar zaten 5-6 sayfa suruyor)
Her satiri insana birseyler katabilecek kadar degerli, karamizah dolu, elle tutulup isirilabilecek yogunlukta bir edebiyat ve olaylara inanilmaz farkli bakis acilari...
Iste bu klasik Saramago.
Bu kitapta da hikaye oldukca muhim ve enteresan elbette ancak bana kalirsa uslup ve o buram buram karamizah hikayenin cok cok onunde. Hani hic sevmem boyle soylemeyi ama anlatilmaz okunur diyeyim. Zira daha basit nasil tarif edebilirim Saramago'yu bilemiyorum.
Hikaye ise su; bir adam var adi Tertuliano Maximo Afonso. Bu ismi bu uzun haliyle bin defa tekrarlamis yazar. Hic Maximo diyip gecmemis mesela. Kitaptaki tum karakterler icin boyle bu durum. isimler hep uzun uzun.
Bir gun matematik ogretmeni (adini hic ogrenemiyoruz) meslektasinin (kendiside tarih ogretmeni) tavsiyesiyle kotu bir film izliyor ve hayati degisiyor. Filmde bir figuranin tipatip kendisi oldugunu farkediyor. Ve kafayi bu adama takiyor. Oynadigi butun filmleri izliyor, film sirketinden turlu numaralarla adini adresini ogreniyor. Ve en sonunda bu ikizden bile ote kopyasiyla tanisiyor. Ve cok garip ve tahmin edilemez bir finalle kitap bitiyor.
Kitabin icerigi ise hayattan gozlemlerle dolu. Hergun karsilastigimiz insanlarla bu kitapta tekrar karsilasiyoruz. Ancak bu sefer Saramago'nun gozlukleri var gozumuzde. Tertuliano Maximo Afonso, annesi, kiz arkadasi, is arkadaslari, yoneticileri, mahalledeki dvd film kiralayabildiginiz dukkandaki kasiyer adam ve ona yardim eden kiz, film sirketindeki kadin...
Profile Image for Mark Andr茅 .
189 reviews331 followers
August 30, 2020
鈥淥ur impression is of a writer, like Faulkner, so confident of his resources and ultimate destination that he can bring any impossibility to life by hurling words at it.鈥� 鈥擩ohn Updike, The New Yorker (from the back cover of a Harvest/Harourt 2005 English translation)
Profile Image for Esra M..
64 reviews55 followers
September 6, 2017
Daha 枚nceden okudu臒um ve 莽ok sevdi臒im Jose Saramago kitaplar谋nda ana konu toplum,siyaset,din ele艧tirileriydi. Yazar bu kitab谋n merkezine ise insan谋 oturtuyor ve insan psikolojisi hakk谋nda da yetkinli臒ini kan谋tl谋yor. Bilin莽 ak谋艧谋, kara mizah ve gerilim son sayfaya kadar bize e艧lik ediyor. 陌kili diyaloglar谋n sadece virg眉lle ayr谋lmas谋 okuyucuyu hep diri tutuyor. Bu yaz谋m 艧eklinin Saramago'nun okurlar谋ndan bekledi臒i bir sorumluluk oldu臒unu d眉艧眉n眉yorum. Her 艧eye kafa tutan adam okuyucusuna da ayn谋 艧eyi yap谋yor ve kitaplar谋 okunurken belli bir 枚zen ve dikkat talep ediyor. Negatif bir ele艧tiri olarak sonunun tahmin edilebilir olmas谋 gelebilir. Ancak insan谋n kendi olabilmesi ve toplumdaki yerinin her zaman ilgi 莽ekici olmas谋 ve bu konuda asl谋nda s枚ylenecek 莽ok de臒i艧ik bir 艧ey kalmamas谋 bu tahmin edilebilirli臒i arka plana atmam谋 sa臒l谋yor. Zaten ne s枚yledi臒i kadar bunu nas谋l s枚yledi臒i ve hissettikleri de 莽ok 枚nemli oldu臒u i莽in okuma s眉reci fazlas谋yla tatmin edici. Art谋k okuyacak yeni bir Saramago kitab谋n谋n kalmamas谋ndan korktu臒um i莽in, arada bo艧luklar b谋rakarak okudu臒um kitaplar谋n bir yenisiyle kar艧谋la艧aca臒谋m zamana kadar 艧imdilik bu dahiyle vedala艧谋yorum.
Profile Image for Mohammed.
520 reviews733 followers
January 30, 2024
丕賱丌禺乇 賲孬賱賷
噩賵夭賷賴 爻丕乇丕賲丕睾賵

賷丨丿購孬 兀丨賷丕賳丕賸 兀賳 賷賳丕賮爻賰 兀丨丿賴賲 毓賱賶 賵馗賷賮鬲賰貙 兀賵 賷夭丕丨賲賰 賮賷 賲賵賴亘鬲賰貙 兀賵 賷爻毓賶 兀賳 賷丨賱 賲丨賱賰 賮賷 毓賱丕賯丞. 賮賷 鬲賱賰 丕賱賲賵丕賯賮 賷丿丕賴賲賰 卮毓賵乇 亘丕賱睾賷乇丞貙 丕賱禺賵賮 賵睾丕賱亘丕賸 賲丕 鬲噩毓賱賰 鬲鬲禺匕 賵囟毓賷丞 丕賱賲丨丕乇亘.
廿匕賳 賲丕匕丕 賱賵 馗賴乇 卮禺氐貙 卮禺氐 賵丕丨丿貙 亘廿賲賰丕賳賴 兀賳 賷爻賱亘賰 賰賱 卮賷 賵賷鬲賲賵囟毓 賮賷 賲賰丕賳賰 毓賱賶 禺丕乇胤丞 丕賱丨賷丕丞 亘兀賰賲賱賴丕責
賴賱 鬲賯丕鬲賱 兀賲 鬲賳爻丨亘責

丕亘丨孬 毓賳 丕賱卮亘賷賴貙 丕亘丨孬 毓賳 匕丕鬲賰

賷賮丕噩卅 賲丿乇爻 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱賲睾賲賵乇 亘兀賳 賴賳丕賰 丌禺乇 賲孬賱賴貙 賲賲孬賱 賲鬲賵爻锟斤拷 丕賱卮賴乇丞. 賲丕匕丕 爻賷賮毓賱 賵亘賲丕匕丕 爻賷鬲賮丕毓賱 賲毓賴 丕賱丌禺乇責 賴匕賴 賯氐丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞. 孬賷賲丞 丕賱卮亘賷賴 賱賷爻鬲 賮乇賷丿丞 賮賷 丕賱兀丿亘 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷貙 睾賷乇 兀賳賴丕 賲胤乇賵丨丞 亘卮賰賱 匕賰賷 賵毓氐乇賷 亘賯賱賲 爻丕乇丕賲丕睾賵. 丕賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱兀爻卅賱丞 爻鬲胤乇丨賴丕 毓賱賶 賳賮爻賰: 賴賱 賵噩賵丿 賳爻禺丞 兀禺乇賶 賲賳賷 禺亘乇 爻毓賷丿 兀賲 廿毓賱丕賳 丨乇亘責 賴賱 孬賲丞 賮乇氐丞 賱賱鬲丨丕賱賮 兀賲 兀賳 丕賱兀乇囟 賱丕 鬲丨鬲賲賱 爻賵賶 兀丨丿賰賲丕責 賲丕匕丕 毓賳 丕賱兀毓夭丕亍 賵丕賱兀丨亘丕亍責 賴賱 爻賷賲賷夭賵賳 丕賱兀氐賱 賲賳 丕賱賳爻禺丞責 廿匕丕 賱賲 賷購賮乇賾賯賵丕 賮賴賱 賴賲 賷毓乇賮賵賳賳賷 丨賯丕賸責 孬賲 賲賳 丕賱兀氐賱 賵賲賳 丕賱賳爻禺丞責 賵賴賱 丨賯丕賸 兀賳 氐賮丕鬲賷 丕賱馗丕賴乇賷丞 鬲胤睾賶 毓賱賶 賴賵賷鬲賷 丕賱丿丕禺賱賷丞 賲賴賲丕 賮毓賱鬲責 兀爻卅賱丞 賲孬賷乇丞 賲鬲賳丕孬乇丞 賮賷 胤賷丕鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 賵賱賰 兀賳 鬲鬲賮賯 兀賵 鬲禺鬲賱賮 賲毓 賲毓丕賱噩丞 丕賱賳氐 賱賴丕.

毓賱丕賯丕鬲 卮丕卅賰丞

亘賷賳 賲丿乇爻 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 賵丕賱賲賲孬賱 賵亘賷賳 賰賱 賲賳賴賲丕 賵賲賳 丨賵賱賴 鬲卮賰賷賱丞 賲賳 丕賱毓賱丕賯丕鬲 睾賷乇 丕賱賲鬲夭賳丞. 賱丿賷賳丕 毓賱丕賯丞 丕賱賲毓賱賲 亘夭賲賱丕卅賴貙 賲毓 丨亘賷亘鬲賴 丕賱爻丕亘賯丞貙 賲毓 賵丕賱丿鬲賴 亘丕賱廿囟丕賮丞 廿賱賶 胤乇賷賯丞 鬲毓丕胤賷賴 賲毓 丕賱卮亘賷賴 丕賱賲購賰鬲卮賮. 賲賳 賳丕丨賷丞 兀禺乇賶貙 賴賳丕賰 毓賱丕賯丞 丕賱賲賲孬賱 賲毓 夭賵噩鬲賴 賵乇丿丞 賮毓賱賴 賱賱賲鬲氐賱 丕賱睾丕賲囟 丕賱匕賷 賷氐乇 毓賱賶 兀賳賴 賳爻禺鬲賴. 亘毓囟 丕賱賲賵丕賯賮 鬲卮毓乇賰 亘丕賱兀爻賶 賵丕賱丌禺乇 亘丨乇噩 卮丿賷丿. 賰賲丕 兀乇賶 亘兀賳 鬲賵乇鬲賷賱賷丕賳賵 賲丕賰爻賷賲賵 兀賮賵賳爻賵貙 丕賱賲毓賱賾賲貙 卮禺氐賷丞 卮丿賷丿丞 丕賱鬲毓賯賷丿貙 賱賷爻 賲賳 丕賱爻賴賱 丕賱鬲賳亘丐 鈥� 賵乇亘賲丕 鬲賮賴賲 鈥� 鬲氐乇賮丕鬲賴丕. 賵賯丿 賷噩丿 丕賱賯丕乇卅 賳賮爻賴 賲鬲匕亘匕亘丕賸 亘賷賳 丕賱鬲毓丕胤賮 賵丕賱丕賲鬲毓丕囟 丨賷丕賱賴.

爻丕乇丕賲丕睾賵 丕賱賯丿賷賲 亘孬賵亘 賲禺鬲賱賮

賷購毓乇賮 爻丕乇丕賲丕睾賵貙 賱丿賶 毓卮丕賯賴 賵賲亘睾囟賷賴 毓賱賶 丨丿 爻賵丕亍貙 亘氐毓賵亘丞 兀爻賱賵亘賴 丕賱賳孬乇賷. 匕賱賰 丕賱賳氐 丕賱賲鬲賵丕氐賱 睾賷乇 丕賱賲賯爻賲 廿賱賶 賮賯乇丕鬲 兀賵 丨賵丕乇丕鬲貙 鬲胤丕賱毓賰 賮賷賴 氐賮丨丞 賰丕賲賱丞 賲卮亘毓丞 亘丕賱丨亘乇 丿賵賳 賮賵丕氐賱 賲乇賷丨丞 賱賱毓賷賳賷賳 賵丕賱匕賴賳. 賵賲賳 賳丕丨賷丞 兀禺乇賶貙 賱丕 賷鬲賵丕賳賶 丕賱兀丿賷亘 丕賱亘乇鬲睾丕賱賷 賲賳 胤乇丨 兀賮賰丕乇 氐丕丿賲丞 鬲賳賯丿 丕賱丿賷賳 賵丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓 賵丕賱賳賮爻 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞. 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賷丨丕賮馗 爻丕乇丕賲丕睾賵 毓賱賶 兀爻賱賵亘賴 丕賱噩丕賮 廿賱丕 兀賳賴 賷胤乇丨 丕賱賯氐丞 賮賷 賯丕賱亘 兀賰孬乇 馗乇丕賮丞. 爻鬲噩丿 賳賮爻賰 鬲賱丕丨賯 丕賱亘胤賱 賱鬲毓乇賮 賲丕 爻賷賰鬲卮賮 賵賲丕 爻賷賮毓賱 賵賰賷賮 爻鬲賰賵賳 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞. 賱丕 卮賰 兀賳 丕賱賳氐 兀賯賱 毓賲賯丕賸 賲賳 乇賵丕賷丕鬲賴 丕賱兀禺乇賶 丕賱鬲賷 賲乇賾鬲 毓賱賷賾 廿賱丕 兀賳賴 賱丕 賷賲賰賳 賵氐賮賴 亘丕賱爻胤丨賷丞.
兀賰匕亘 賱賵 賯賱鬲 亘兀賳賳賷 賱賲 兀噩丿 賲卮賯丞 賮賷 廿賳賴丕亍 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 乇亘賲丕 鬲毓孬乇鬲 賯賱賷賱丕賸. 孬賲丞 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱丨卮賵 賵丕賱廿爻賴丕亘 賵丕賱丕爻鬲胤乇丕丿貙 賱賵賱丕 兀賳 丕賱賮賰乇丞 兀孬丕乇鬲 賮囟賵賱賷 賱賲丕 鬲噩卮賲鬲 毓賳丕亍 廿鬲賲丕賲賴丕. 賵丕賱丨賲丿 賱賱賴 兀賳賾賷 賮毓賱鬲貙 賮丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 賲賰丕賮卅丞 賱賱賯丕乇卅 丕賱氐亘賵乇.

賷噩丿乇 亘丕賱匕賰乇 兀賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲丨賵賱鬲 廿賱賶 賮賱賲 賴賵賱賷賵賵丿賷 賳丕噩丨 亘毓賳賵丕賳 "丕賱毓丿賵" 賲賳 亘胤賵賱丞 噩賷賰 噩賷賱賳賴丕賱.

乇賵丕賷丞 噩賷丿丞 噩丿丕賸貙 賯乇兀鬲賴丕 亘丕賱廿賳噩賱賷夭賷丞 亘毓丿 兀賳 賷卅爻鬲 賲賳 廿賷噩丕丿 賳爻禺丞 毓乇亘賷丞 賵乇賯賷丞. 亘毓丿 卮賴乇 賲賳 丕鬲賲丕賲賴丕 氐丕丿賮鬲 賳爻禺丞 氐丕丿乇丞 賲賳 賲賳卮賵乇丕鬲 丕賱噩賲賱 亘鬲睾賱賷賮 噩匕丕亘 賵毓賳賵丕賳: 丕賱卮亘賷賴. 兀賲乇 賷購睾賷馗貙 兀賱賷爻 賰匕賱賰責
Profile Image for Mohamed Bayomi.
232 reviews164 followers
January 17, 2021
賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲乇賴賯丞 噩丿丕 賰夭賱夭丕賱 賮賷 丕賱乇兀爻貙 賱丕 兀賳氐丨 亘賴丕 賱賲賳 賷乇賷丿 丕賳 賷亘丿兀 賯乇丕亍丞 賱爻丕乇丕賲丕睾賵 賵賷兀賲賱 丕賳 賷賯乇兀 賱賴 賲噩丿丿丕
丕賱丕賮賰丕乇 丕賱氐丕丿賲丞 賵丕賱鬲賷 鬲亘丿賵 賮賵賯 胤亘賷毓賷丞 賮賷 賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱丕丨賷丕賳 賵丕賱鬲賷 賱賳 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 丕丨丿 丕賳 賷氐乇丨 亘兀賳賴丕 賮賵賯 胤亘賷毓賷丞 亘乇睾賲 胤亘賷毓鬲賴丕 丕賱睾賷乇 賲丕賱賵賮丞 賴賷 賲賷丿丕賳 丕亘丿丕毓 爻丕乇丕賲丕睾賵 丕賱丿丕卅賲 賵 爻賱丕丨賴 丕賱爻丕禺乇 賵丕賱賲鬲賴賰賲 丕賱賲爻鬲禺丿賲 丕丨賷丕賳丕 賮賷 丕賱賴噩賵賲 賵 丕禺乇賶 賮賷 丕賱鬲卮乇賷丨 賱賰賱 賲丕 賴賵 亘卮乇賷 丕賵 亘賷賳 賯賵爻賷賳 賰賱 賲丕 賷亘丿賵 胤亘賷毓賷丕 貙 爻賵丕亍 賰丕賳 賮乇丿賷 睾乇賷夭賷 丕賵 毓賯賱賷 丕賵 賲乇賰亘 賲賳 丕賱賲卮丕毓乇 賵 丕賷囟丕 噩賲毓賷 爻賵丕亍 賰丕賳 毓乇賮賷丕 丕賵 賲賰鬲賵亘丕
毓賳丿賲丕 賷卮丕賴丿 丕爻鬲丕匕 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 賲丕賰爻賷賲賵 丕賮賵賳爻賵 丕賱匕賷 賷毓賷卮 賵丨賷丿丕 賮賷賱賲 賲賳 賷亘丨孬 賷噩丿 賷賰鬲卮賮 丕賳 丕丨丿 賲賲孬賱賷賳 丕賱丕丿賵丕乇 丕賱孬丕賳賵賷丞 賴賵 賳爻禺丞 賲鬲胤丕亘賯丞 賲賳賴 貙 氐賵乇丞 胤亘賯 丕賱丕氐賱 賱鬲亘丿兀 爻賱爻賱丞 賲賳 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 賵丕賱鬲爻丕丐賱丕鬲 賷兀鬲賷 毓賱賶 乇兀爻賴丕 貙 賴賱 賷丨鬲賲賱 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賳爻禺鬲賷賳 賲鬲胤丕亘賯賷賳 責
亘乇睾賲 丕爻賱賵亘 爻丕乇丕賲丕睾賵 丕賱氐毓亘 賵噩賲賱賴 丕賱胤賵賷賱丞 賵丕賱賲乇賰亘丞 賵丕爻鬲睾乇丕賯賴 賮賷 鬲丕賲賱丕鬲 鬲亘丿賵 丕丨賷丕賳丕 禺丕乇噩丞 毓賳 爻賷丕賯 丕賱賯氐丞 丕賱乇卅賷爻賷丞 賵丕賱鬲賷 丕氐丕亘鬲賳賷 丕丨賷丕賳丕 亘丕賱賲賱賱 貙 賱賰賳賷 賱賲 丕爻鬲胤毓 丕賳 丕賳鬲賯氐 賲賳 丕賱毓賱丕賲丞 丕賱賰丕賲賱丞
Profile Image for Nikola Jankovic.
617 reviews138 followers
May 18, 2020
Pre par godina gledao sam Vilneov , snimljen po ovom romanu, ali sam nekako uspeo da zaboravim kako se zavr拧ava. 膶udno, po拧to su Saramagove ideje ostavile jak utisak. Kako bi reagovao da sazna拧 da negde postoji jo拧 jedan istovetan ti? Da li si original ili duplikat?

Ovaj portugalski Nobelovac mi je jedan od omiljenih modernih autora i treba jo拧 da na膽em ne拧to gde 膰e me razo膷arati. Kad se jednom navikne拧 na njegov stil - mrzi ta膷ku, a nije ni ljubitelj pasusa, pa su tu poglavlja sa dva pasusa na 15 strana - shvati拧 da 膷ita拧 (duga膷ke) re膷enice, u kojima u啪iva拧. 沤ao ti je da pre膽e拧 na slede膰u, voleo bi da su jo拧 du啪e.

Saramago mi je i jedan od duhovitijih pisaca. Ima tu jednostavnog humora, na primer "Sve ukazuje na to da ga 膷eka nezaboravan vikend, gomila filmova, da ti muka pripadne, kako bi rekli ljudi sa sela, dok ih je jo拧 bilo." A ima i 拧ala koje se prote啪u kroz ceo roman, sjajni su dijalozi glavnog lika sa zdravim razumom.
"Stranci smo svi, 膷ak i mi ovde. Na koga misli拧, Na tebe i sebe, na tvoj zdrav razum i na tebe samog, retko razgovaramo, tek s vremena na vreme, a ako 膰emo iskreno, malo puta je i imalo smisla, Pa 拧ta da uradim onda, To ve膰 ne znam, nije moj posao, uloga zdravog razuma u istoriji va拧e vrste nikada nije i拧la dalje od preporuke da se bude na oprezu i jede pile膰a supa."

Pomenuo bih i digresije, 膷esto te usred re膷enice izvu膷e iz pri膷e i po膷ne da pametuje o na膷inu pripovedanja, tehnikama pisanja, odnosu prema glavnom liku, pravi kratke reference na svoja druga dela... Sva拧ta tu mo啪e da se desi, ponekad nas uklju膷i u zaveru protiv svog junaka. Na膷in kako je to ura膽eno podse膰a na Kalvinov .
"...me膽utim, privilegija koju u啪ivamo, da znamo sve 拧to 膰e se dogoditi do poslednje stranice ove pripovesti, uz izuzetak onoga 拧to tek treba izmisliti u budu膰nosti, dozvoljava nam da unapred ka啪emo da 膰e...."

"Ovde je neophodna zagrada. Postoje trenuci u pripovesti, a ovaj je, kako 膰e se pokazati, upravo jedan od takvih u kojima bi svako pripoveda膷evo paralelno prikazivanje ideja i ose膰anja, nezavisno od toga 拧ta u tom trenu ose膰aju ili misle likovi, trebalo da bude zabranjeno zakonima dobrog pripovedanja."
Profile Image for Ahmad Sharabiani.
9,562 reviews5 followers
June 7, 2018
O Homem Duplicado = The Double, Jos茅 Saramago
The Double (Portuguese: O Homem Duplicado) is a 2002 novel by Portuguese author Jos茅 Saramago, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature. In Portuguese, the title is literally "The Duplicated Man." It was translated into English and published as The Double in 2004. Tertuliano M谩ximo Afonso is a divorced high school history teacher who spends his nights reading about Mesopotamian civilizations. One day Tertuliano rents a movie recommended by a colleague and sees a bit actor who looks exactly like him. ...
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 倬丕賳夭丿賴賲 賲丕賴 噩賵賱丕蹖 爻丕賱 2012 賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 賲乇丿 鬲讴孬蹖乇 卮丿賴貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 跇賵夭賴 爻丕乇丕賲丕诏賵貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 讴蹖賵賲乇孬 倬丕乇爻丕蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 爻乇賵蹖賳賴貙 1382貨 丿乇 287 氐貨 卮丕亘讴: 964946338貨 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 倬乇鬲賯丕賱 - 爻丿賴 21 賲
毓賳賵丕賳: 賲乇丿 鬲讴孬蹖乇 卮丿賴貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 跇賵夭賴 爻丕乇丕賲丕诏賵貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 毓亘丿丕賱乇囟丕 乇賵夭禺賵卮貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 乇賵夭诏丕乇貙 1383貙 丿乇 311 氐貨 卮丕亘讴: 9643740412貨 趩丕倬 丿賵賲: 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 乇賵夭诏丕乇貙 1386貨 趩丕倬 爻賵賲 1388貙 丿乇 288 氐貨
跇賵夭賴 爻丕乇丕賲丕诏賵 丿乇 芦賲乇丿 鬲讴孬蹖乇 卮丿賴禄 亘丕 乇賵 丿乇 乇賵 讴乇丿賳 丿賵 賲賵噩賵丿 丕爻鬲孬賳丕蹖蹖貙 賲丕噩乇丕蹖蹖 睾乇蹖亘 賲蹖丌賮乇蹖賳丿 賵乇丕蹖 鬲賮讴乇貙 乇賲丕賳 夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖 爻鬲 丿乇 亘丕乇賴 蹖 丿賵 卮禺氐蹖鬲 亘丕 丿賵 胤乇夭 賳诏丕賴貙 賮讴乇貙 賵 卮睾賱 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲貙 丿乇 毓蹖賳 丨丕賱貙 趩賳丕賳 卮亘蹖賴 亘賴 蹖讴丿蹖诏乇貙 讴賴 丨鬲蹖 賳夭丿蹖讴丕賳卮丕賳 賳蹖夭 賳蹖賲鬲賵丕賳賳丿貙 鬲賮丕賵鬲蹖 賲蹖丕賳 丌賳 丿賵 丕丨爻丕爻 讴賳賳丿. 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
Profile Image for Maria.
257 reviews156 followers
November 5, 2018
"Diz-se que s贸 odeia o outro quem a si mesmo se odiar, mas o pior de todos os 贸dios deve ser aquele que leva a n茫o suportar a igualdade do outro, e provavelmente ser谩 ainda pior se essa igualdade vier a ser alguma vez absoluta"

Que livro. Havendo mil e uma interpreta莽玫es poss铆veis e pessoais, que influenciar茫o certamente a opini茫o que cada um ter谩, tenho a dizer que se tornou num dos meus preferidos do autor. A ac莽茫o 茅 muito r谩pida, o que me surpreendeu. No entanto, a escrita de Saramago mant茅m-se igual a si mesma, c铆nica, divertida - com um p茅 na realidade e outro no seu pr贸prio universo, a hist贸ria desenvolve-se em torno de um professor que descobre uma
s贸sia seu e fica estranha (mas compreensivelmente) obcecado com o mesmo.

Aconselho este livro a quem quiser come莽ar a ler Saramago, porque considero dos mais acess铆veis do autor.
Profile Image for Susana.
532 reviews165 followers
February 19, 2019
(review in English below)

Depois de ter visto o filme baseado neste livro (Enemy, realizado por Denis Villeneuve e protagonizado por Jake Gyllenhaal), tinha mesmo de o ler, at茅 porque a hist贸ria n茫o me parecia nada "saramaguiana".

A verdade 茅 que o filme 茅 bastante fiel ao livro (com algumas adapta莽玫es 脿 actualidade, como o uso da internet), embora inclua alguns elementos n茫o presentes neste (a quest茫o das aranhas, relacionada com o papel das mulheres). O final do filme 茅 deixado mais em aberto do que o do livro e deu azo a interpreta莽玫es mais psicol贸gicas e filos贸ficas, como o facto de , o que no livro n茫o 茅 uma possibilidade.

Quanto ao livro propriamente dito (que isto 茅 o GoodReads e n茫o o GoodMovies, embora n茫o fosse m谩 ideia esse existir tamb茅m), achei muito bom. H谩 j谩 bastante tempo que n茫o lia um romance de Saramago e continuo a gostar muito da escrita, das digress玫es intercaladas na narrativa, do humor e da ironia.

Gostei sobretudo dos di谩logos entre os v谩rios personagens, mas especialmente entre o protagonista e o senso comum, que aparece em diversas ocasi玫es para conversar com Tertuliano M谩ximo Afonso e propiciando tanto reflex玫es profundas como algum "comic relief".

Acho que o autor podia ter explorado um pouco mais a quest茫o da identidade, ou melhor, daquilo que nos identifica para al茅m do aspecto f铆sico - o contexto era perfeito para isso e n茫o foi desenvolvido como eu esperaria.

J谩 est谩 agendada a leitura d' O Duplo, de Dostoievski. E entretanto descobri que h谩 uma obra de Philip K. Dick que tamb茅m toca este tema (O Homem Duplo, A Scanner Darkly no original).

Recomendado, especialmente a f茫s de Saramago.

Having watched the movie based on this book (Enemy, directed by Denis Villeneuve and starred by Jake Gyllenhaal) I really had to read it, even more so because the story didn't seem Saramagoesque at all to me.

The movie is in fact quite true to the book (with some adaptations to the present day, like the use of internet), although it includes some elements which do not appear in the latter (namely the spiders, referring to the role of women). The ending of the movie is more open than the book's and this gave way to some psychological and philosophical interpretations, like , which is not a possibility in the book.

As for the book itself (for this is GoodReads and not GoodMovies, although that would be nice too), I think it's very good. I had not read a novel by Saramago for quite some time and I still enjoy it very much - the writing, the digressions interspersed in the narrative, the humor and the irony.

I especially liked the dialogues between the different characters, but mostly between the protagonist and the common sense, which shows up on several occasions to talk with Tertuliano M谩ximo Afonso, providing profound considerations as well as some comic relief.

I think that the author could have explored the identity question (or what identifies us beyond the physical traits) a bit more - it was the perfect context and it wasn't developed as I would expect it to be.

I'm already planning on reading The Double by Dostoyevsky and I found out there's a book by Philip K. Dick that also addresses this subject (A Scanner Darkly).

I recommend this one, especially for Saramago fans out there.
Profile Image for Zach.
285 reviews329 followers
January 4, 2011
Well, I had planned on starting this review with some choice zingers about Saramago shameless burgling the plot of any or every Murakami novel, wherein some workaday shlub, with a boring job and a boring life and crushingly alone in the world, has a chance-or-not-chance run-in with some inexplicable unnatural or supernatural phenomenon which comes to consume him, only with the Portuguese author applying his trademark run-on sentences and incredibly lengthy paragraphs and narratological excursions and un-demarcated dialogue, and replacing the Japanese author's focus on Jazz and Food with a focus on History and Philosophy, proceeding from which I planned on working through the copious notes that I took regarding the confusion of identity and the importance of words and narration in the construction of the self to discuss the existential dilemma at the heart of this novel and to solve what I thought would be a series of puzzles and confusions, but then, after hundreds of pages, I realized that this book was actually rather boring, and that Saramago wasn't saying anything that I found to be particularly interesting, and that the actions and choices of the main character were, frankly, inexplicable and unbelievable, and that the climax of the narrative was basically the most juvenile and unimaginative and misogynistic expression of conflict by which each of the doubles could supposedly strike deep at the heart of the other man's identity or individuality or manhood or whatever, and so I lost interest in investing that much work in this book.
Profile Image for Karina  Padureanu.
115 reviews89 followers
February 19, 2022
De fiecare data raman uimita de imaginatia si inteligenta lui Saramago.
Nu ma pot satura de el, de stilul sau curgator de a scrie, de stranietatea intamplarilor. Fiecare carte are un substrat metaforic.
Este printre putinii autori caruia imi doresc sa ii citesc toate cartile, pentru ca nu ma dezamageste niciodata.
Displaying 1 - 30 of 2,090 reviews

Can't find what you're looking for?

Get help and learn more about the design.