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The Return
Dulce Maria Cardoso
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Description for The Return
Paperback. A powerful coming-of-age story, set against the violent backdrop of decolonisation and the return to an old homeland. Translator(s): Gurria-Quintana, Angel. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
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 many stories. But now his family are finally accepting that ... Read more
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 many stories. But now his family are finally accepting that ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857054364
SKU
V9780857054364
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About 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 ... Read more
Reviews for The Return
A captivating coming-of-age novel inspired by the author's own story.
Livres Hebdo
Dulce 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
Pedro Mexia
Expresso
A finely tuned narrative and a clarity ... Read more
Livres Hebdo
Dulce 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
Pedro Mexia
Expresso
A finely tuned narrative and a clarity ... Read more