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For years Ludovica Fernandez Mano has been afraid to leave their home She lives indoors with her sister, but when her sister falls in love and marries, they move in with her new husband. One night the couple attends a party. The hours pass, the days pass and the couple hasn’t returned. Ludovica removes the door and raises a wall closing hesrelf in without thinking of what tomorrow will be like, only being accompanied by a dog. Beyond the walls there is a boiling world. In the three decades of isolating herself inside, Angola lives like heaven and hell: The illusion of liberation; the corrosive breakthrough of capitalism; the corruption; the greed, the vengeance. Inevitably, scraps of that world enter the house, altering and keeping her alive, preparing Ludovica for the final surprise.

Teoría general del olvido

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      Publisher Edhasa
      Published 1 November 2017
      ISBN-13 9788435011310
      978-8435011310
      ISBN-10 8435011313

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      Book Synopsis

      For years Ludovica Fernandez Mano has been afraid to leave their home She lives indoors with her sister, but when her sister falls in love and marries, they move in with her new husband. One night the couple attends a party. The hours pass, the days pass and the couple hasn’t returned. Ludovica removes the door and raises a wall closing hesrelf in without thinking of what tomorrow will be like, only being accompanied by a dog. Beyond the walls there is a boiling world. In the three decades of isolating herself inside, Angola lives like heaven and hell: The illusion of liberation; the corrosive breakthrough of capitalism; the corruption; the greed, the vengeance. Inevitably, scraps of that world enter the house, altering and keeping her alive, preparing Ludovica for the final surprise.

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