The Return
$22.50
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
11 July 2017
Summary
Everyone has gone away… We too should no longer be here.
Luanda, 1975. The Angolan War of Independence has been raging for at least a decade, but with the collapse of the Salazar dictatorship, defeat for the Portuguese is now in sight. Thousands of settlers are fleeing back to Portugal to escape the brutality of the Angolan rebels.
Rui is fifteen years old. He has lived in Luanda all his life and has never even visited the far-away homeland - although he has heard man…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857054364 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0857054368 |
| Author: | Dulce Maria Cardoso, Angel Gurria-Quintana |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 11 July 2017 |
| Weight: | 192g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 17mm |
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The most important novelist of her generation
The most important novelist of her generation - Publico
It is writers like Dulce Maria Cardoso who should be included in the pantheon of the greatest authors - PublicoA finely tuned narrative and a clarity of style that is absolutely remarkable - LerDulce Maria Cardoso hits the perfect note on every page … It is this strikingly vivid realisation of the story, free from demagoguery or omission, that makes The Return such a welcome novel - ExpressoAbout The Author
Dulce Maria Cardoso
Dulce Maria Cardoso is a Portuguese writer, who spent her childhood in Luanda, Angola after her parents moved there when she was an infant. Her family returned to Portugal following the Angolan War of Independence in 1975. She studied law at the University of Lisbon and worked as a lawyer before becoming a full-time writer. Her first novel, Campo de Sangue, won the Grand Prize Acontece de Romance, Violeta among the Stars won the EU Prize for Literature and O Chao dos Pardais won the Portuguese Pen Club Award.
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