{"product_id":"the-society-of-reluctant-dreamers-paperback","title":"The Society of Reluctant Dreamers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJose Eduardo Agualusa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDaniel Hahn\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"False memories and clairvoyant dreams combine in Agualusa's sweeping, intricately plotted tale of personal and political history in Angola . . . \" \u003ci\u003e- Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Daniel Benchimol--consummate dreamer--uncovers the photographed reveries of a famous Mozambican artist, Moira, his fascination quickly develops to obsession as the sight lines between reality and dreams get harder to bring into focus \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDaniel Benchimol spends his dreaming hours interviewing revolutionaries and writers. In this treacherous sleepscape, we find the Angolan anti-communist Jonas Savimbi, Muammar Gaddafi, hunched and hiding in a gutter, and Julio Cortázar as a great billowing tree, speaking to Daniel through an alphabet of clouds. He dreams wild dreams of people he's never met, squinting at them as if submerged in the hazy waters of southern Angola. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Daniel finds a camera on the beach, he becomes obsessed with the woman in the photos. Moira is a Mozambican artist with a similar preoccupation with her subconscious life - she stages her dreams in her artwork. The two meet, and together they explore the cloudy edges of their nightly visions, tugging at the fringed hem of the real. \u003ci\u003eThe Society of Reluctant Dreamers\u003c\/i\u003e is a delicately crafted glimpse into the aftermath of Angolan independence, a postcard sent to prod the illusion of peace and freedom.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJosé Eduardo Agualusa (born 1960) is an Angolan writer. He studied agronomy and forestry in Lisbon before starting his writing career as a poet. His novel \u003ci\u003eCreole \u003c\/i\u003ewas awarded the Portuguese Grand Prize for Literature, and he received the U.K.'s Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Chameleons\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2017 he and his translator, Daniel Hahn, won the Dublin Literary Award for \u003ci\u003eA General Theory of Oblivion\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDaniel Hahn is the author of several works of non-fiction, including the history book \u003ci\u003eThe Tower Menagerie\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the editor of\u003ci\u003e The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature\u003c\/i\u003e and one of the editors of \u003ci\u003eThe Ultimate Book Guide\u003c\/i\u003e, a series of reading guides for children and teenagers - the first volume of which won the Blue Peter Book Award. His translation of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Chameleons\u003c\/i\u003e by José Eduardo Agualusa won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 2007. He has also translated the work of José Luís Peixoto, Philippe Claudel, María Dueñas, José Saramago, Eduardo Halfon, Gonçalo M. Tavares, and others.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.4 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 24, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769872613664,"sku":"9781939810489","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a81a21b721badf0021f026eb12382eb2.webp?v=1780358786","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-society-of-reluctant-dreamers-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}