The Book of Chameleons

by José Eduardo Agualusa

Rating: 4 (5 votes)

Tags: Set in Angola Male author

The Book of Chameleons

Description:
This unusual novel about the landscape of memory and its inconsistencies follows Felix Ventura as he trades in a curious commodity—he sells people different pasts. He can create entirely new pasts full of better memories and complete with new lineage or augment existing pasts as needed. Narrated by an exceptionally articulate and rather friendly lizard that lives on Felix’s living-room wall, this richly detailed story explores how people can remember things that never happened—and with extraordinary vividness—even as they forget things that did in fact occur.

Reviews:

Read Around The World Challenge user profile avatar for Carla
(6 days ago)
11 Feb, 2025
There were some truly beautiful moments in this story. I loved the dreams, where the gecko narrator would be a man and discuss things with the main character. A story of memory, invented pasts and the bloody history of Angola.

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