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Luanda, Lisboa, Paraíso
“Luanda, Lisbon, Paradise” (title translated by AI)
Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida (born 1982)
English editions
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Old Cartola and his son Aquiles come from Luanda to Lisbon so that a medical board can treat them, and in their bad luck they learn to be father and son. Their days are measured by sickness, mounting bills, and the post and the telephone that link them with the family who stayed in Angola. Then, on the fringes of the city Cartola had imagined so many times, in a hollow ringed by pine trees, they find a roof and a friend. The book weighs up three modest existences where hope sits beside gloom and waste beside redemption.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 229 pages in the original
- Genres
- Migration, Family (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Portugal
- First published
- 2018 by Companhia das Letras
- Author's age
- 36 when first published
- ISBN
9789896655914 (original)