A General Theory of Oblivion by José Eduardo Agualusa
José Eduardo Agualusa’s A General Theory of Oblivion is a complex, polyphonic narrative that spans thirty years of Angolan history, centered on the extraordinary life of Ludovica Fernandes Mano (Ludo), a Portuguese woman who bricks herself into her Luanda apartment on the eve of independence in 1975 and remains there for twenty-eight years. The novel …