Hi there, I’m back! For this week’s read “The book of Chameleons”, José Eduardo Agualusa creates an interesting take on identity, memory, and the nature of truth (which honestly should be pretty self explanatory with the name I guess). blending a built upon sense of identity with historical and political insight, Agualusa takes us […]
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Going into The Book of Chameleons, I wasn’t expecting a story about someone who literally sells new identities. Félix Ventura’s job immediately caught my attention and not just because it’s unusual, but because it feels like an exaggerated version of something people already do. We constantly reshape how we present ourselves, just not with forged […]
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Oi blog!! Hope this past week was good :)) This week, I had the pleasure of reading The Book of Chameleons. When I first picked this book from the syllabus, a small part of my mind started the debate of “should I read this book in English or in Portuguese??” While you may think my answer […]
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with Dreams, geckos, identity, memories, perspective, reality, relationships, The Book of Chameleons
Chameleons, the great disguising animal which can quite literally blend in with whatever is nearby… This is quite important to recognize before even getting started on the book since it made me ready to jump into a book I’d assume was full deception and cunning, and of course chameleons. While there was plenty of deception …
Posted in Agualusa, Blogs | Tagged with control, Deception, gecko, past, Reshaping
I was actually really intrigued by this book. From the talking gecko, who’s not actually a gecko, to a silently marinating plot twist, what’s there not to be shocked by? It was incredibly pleasing when the title manifested in the story when the gecko’s true identity as an Argentine author was revealed: Borges was […]
I wanted to start off by saying this book pleasantly surprised me in quite a few ways, especially by the emotional ending. I was seeing a lot of parallels drawn with repect to Money to burn so i might be referencing that a lot (it could also be recency bias since this was the book […]
Posted in Blogs, Cercas | Tagged with betrayal, hero, loyalty, Soldiers of Salamis, war
Mar 22, 2026 Wow… this book really was a lot. Because of the pacing and it being a fairly short book with so much to unpack, it escalated from mystery to revenge in a split second, and it all went by real fast just like a dream. I felt like this was peak reader experience, […]
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The Book of Chameleons was definitely an interesting read, even though it had nothing to do with actual chameleons. However that is somewhat expected, since the title is perhaps meant to be more symbolic rather than literal. If the book were about chameleons it would be far less engaging and meaningful. Usually, I find it […]
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” ‘I have no name,” I replied quite frankly. “I am the gecko.” “That’s silly. No one is a gecko!” “You’re right. No one’s a gecko. And you – are you really called Felix Ventura?” My question seemed to offend him. He lay back on the bench and his eyes disappeared into the incredible depths […]
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