The Double
(eBook)
Author:
Contributors:
Published:
[United States] : Mariner Books, 2017.
Format:
eBook
Content Description:
1 online resource (336 pages)
Status:
Description
As this novel by the author of Blindness and All the Names begins, Tertuliano Máximo Afonso is a divorced, depressed history teacher. To lift his spirits, a colleague suggests he rent a certain video. Tertuliano watches the film, unimpressed. But during the night, when he is awakened by noise, he finds the VCR replaying the video and watches in astonishment as a man who looks exactly like him-or, more specifically, exactly like he did five years earlier, mustachioed and fuller in the face-appears on the screen. Against his own better judgment, Tertuliano decides to pursue his double. As he roots out the man's identity, what begins as a whimsical chase becomes a probing investigation into what makes us human. Can we be reduced to our outward appearance, rather than the sum of our experiences?
More Details
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780547538877, 0547538871
Notes
Restrictions on Access
Instant title available through hoopla.
Description
As this novel by the author of Blindness and All the Names begins, Tertuliano Máximo Afonso is a divorced, depressed history teacher. To lift his spirits, a colleague suggests he rent a certain video. Tertuliano watches the film, unimpressed. But during the night, when he is awakened by noise, he finds the VCR replaying the video and watches in astonishment as a man who looks exactly like him-or, more specifically, exactly like he did five years earlier, mustachioed and fuller in the face-appears on the screen. Against his own better judgment, Tertuliano decides to pursue his double. As he roots out the man's identity, what begins as a whimsical chase becomes a probing investigation into what makes us human. Can we be reduced to our outward appearance, rather than the sum of our experiences?
System Details
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Saramago, J. (2017). The Double. Mariner Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Saramago, Jose. 2017. The Double. Mariner Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Saramago, Jose, The Double. Mariner Books, 2017.
MLA Citation (style guide)Saramago, Jose. The Double. Mariner Books, 2017.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
Staff View
Grouped Work ID:
28aec248-e09e-edf6-24e7-4cc957e2d06f
Hoopla Extract Information
| hooplaId | 11938314 |
|---|---|
| title | The Double |
| language | ENGLISH |
| kind | EBOOK |
| series | |
| season | |
| publisher | Mariner Books |
| price | 3.99 |
| active | 1 |
| pa | |
| profanity | |
| children | |
| demo | |
| duration | |
| rating | |
| abridged | |
| fiction | 1 |
| purchaseModel | INSTANT |
| dateLastUpdated | Oct 29, 2025 06:11:45 PM |
Record Information
| Last File Modification Time | Nov 03, 2025 01:35:38 AM |
|---|---|
| Last Grouped Work Modification Time | Nov 03, 2025 01:24:08 AM |
MARC Record
| LEADER | 02374nam a22004335i 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | MWT11938314 | ||
| 003 | MWT | ||
| 005 | 20251028101951.0 | ||
| 006 | m o d | ||
| 007 | cr cn||||||||| | ||
| 008 | 251028s2017 xxu eo 000 1 eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 9780547538877 |q (electronic bk.) | ||
| 020 | |a 0547538871 |q (electronic bk.) | ||
| 028 | 4 | 2 | |a MWT11938314 |
| 029 | |a https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/opr_9780547538877_180.jpeg | ||
| 037 | |a 11938314 |b Midwest Tape, LLC |n http://www.midwesttapes.com | ||
| 040 | |a Midwest |e rda | ||
| 099 | |a eBook hoopla | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Saramago, Jose, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The Double |h [electronic resource] / |c Jose Saramago. |
| 264 | 1 | |a [United States] : |b Mariner Books, |c 2017. | |
| 264 | 2 | |b Made available through hoopla | |
| 300 | |a 1 online resource (336 pages) | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a computer |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a online resource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 347 | |a text file |2 rda | ||
| 506 | |a Instant title available through hoopla. | ||
| 520 | |a As this novel by the author of Blindness and All the Names begins, Tertuliano Máximo Afonso is a divorced, depressed history teacher. To lift his spirits, a colleague suggests he rent a certain video. Tertuliano watches the film, unimpressed. But during the night, when he is awakened by noise, he finds the VCR replaying the video and watches in astonishment as a man who looks exactly like him-or, more specifically, exactly like he did five years earlier, mustachioed and fuller in the face-appears on the screen. Against his own better judgment, Tertuliano decides to pursue his double. As he roots out the man's identity, what begins as a whimsical chase becomes a probing investigation into what makes us human. Can we be reduced to our outward appearance, rather than the sum of our experiences? | ||
| 538 | |a Mode of access: World Wide Web. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Identity (Psychology) |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Electronic books. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Fiction. |2 lcgft | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Literature |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Magic realism (Literature) |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Psychological fiction |v Fiction. | |
| 710 | 2 | |a hoopla digital. | |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11938314?utm_source=MARC&Lid=hh4435 |z Instantly available on hoopla. |
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |z Cover image |u https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/opr_9780547538877_180.jpeg |