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Ali, Monica, 1967-
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Village communities -- Portugal -- Fiction.
Reminiscing in old age -- Fiction.
Portugal -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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Ali, Monica, 1967-
Village communities -- Portugal -- Fiction.
Reminiscing in old age -- Fiction.
Portugal -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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Alentejo
blue
:
fiction
/ Monica Ali.
by
Ali, Monica, 1967-
Scribner, c2006.
Call #:
FICTION
ALI
Subjects
Village communities -- Portugal --
Fiction
.
Reminiscing in old age --
Fiction
.
Portugal -- Social life and customs --
Fiction
.
ISBN:
9780743293037
0743293037
Description:
226 p. ; 25 cm.
Summary:
"
Alentejo
Blue
is the story of a village community in Portugal, told through the lives of men and women whose families have lived there for generations and some who are passing through. For Teresa, a beautiful girl not yet twenty, Mamarrosa is a place from which to escape. For the dysfunctional Potts family, it is a way of running from trouble (though not eluding it). Vasco, a cafe; owner who has never recovered from the death of his American wife, clings to a notion that his years away from the village, in the States, make him superior. One English tourist fantasizes about making a new life in Mamarrosa; for her compatriots, a young engaged couple, Mamarrosa is where their dreams fall apart. At the opening of
Alentejo
Blue
, an old man reflects on his long and troubled life in this seemingly tranquil place, and anticipates the homecoming of Marco Afonso Rodrigues, the prodigal son of the village and a symbol of the now fast-changing world. When Marco does finally return, villagers, tourists, and expatriates are brought together, and their jealousies and disappointments inevitably collide."--Inside jacket.
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Psychological
fiction
.
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