A Contrived World Portuguese Literature Series November may be said to

November may be said to have four sets of protagonists: a group of night- shift workers in southeast France

Early morning

May-Brit Akerholt is a translator of Norwegian works

Irish and burdened by history

and aphorisms

A Contrived World Portuguese Literature Series November may be said toSet in San Francisco, A Contrived World recounts the authors visit to the mythic Californian city. While the novel is based in this real experi ence, the narrators imaginative reflections cause the narrative to balloon outward into the realms of fiction and fantasy. Each chance encounter provides an opportunity to unfurl a fictional world that simultaneously complements and compromises the real world. In this mirthful anti novel, the ambiguous fusion