The return / Dulce Maria Cardoso ; translated from the Portuguese by Ángel Gurría-Quintana.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cardoso, Dulce Maria, 1964-

Contributor:

Gurría Quintana, Ángel.

Dhiren H. Shah W'82 and Katherine M. Shah Fund.

Standardized Title:

Returno. English

Language:

English

Portuguese

Subjects (All):

Portuguese fiction.

Physical Description:

267 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Maclehose Press, 2016.

Language Note:

Translated from the Portuguese.

Summary:

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 they too must return, and Rui is filled with a mixture of excitement and dread at the prospect. But just as they are leaving for the airport, his father is taken away by the rebels, and the family must leave without him. Not knowing if the father is alive or dead - or if they will ever find out what has become of him, Rui, his mother and sister try to rebuild their lives in their new home.

Notes:

"First published in the Portuguese language as O retorno by Edicões tinta-da-china Ltd, Lisbon, in 2011"--Title page verso.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dhiren H. Shah W'82 and Katherine M. Shah Fund.

ISBN:

0857054325

9780857054326

OCLC:

929783157

Publisher Number:

99971570128