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Antunes, António Lobo, 1942-
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Orphans -- Fiction.
Veterans -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Racism -- Fiction.
Portugal -- Fiction.
Angola -- Fiction.
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Antunes, António Lobo, 1942-
Orphans -- Fiction.
Veterans -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Racism -- Fiction.
Portugal -- Fiction.
Angola -- Fiction.
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Until stones become lighter than water /
António
Lobo
Antunes
; translated from the Portuguese by Jeff Love.
by
Antunes
,
António
Lobo
,
1942-
Yale University Press, 2019.
Call #:
FICTION ANT
Subjects
Orphans -- Fiction.
Veterans -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Racism -- Fiction.
Portugal -- Fiction.
Angola -- Fiction.
Series
Margellos world republic of letters book.
ISBN:
9780300226621 (hc.)
Uniform title:
Até
que
as
pedras
se
tornem
mais
leves
que
a
água
.
English
.
Description:
xviii, 359 p. ; 24 cm.
Summary:
In this direct and vigorous tale, award-winning author
António
Lobo
Antunes
returns to the subject of the Portuguese colonial war in Angola with a dramatic account of atrocity and vengeance. Drawing on his own bitter experience as a soldier stationed for twenty-seven months in Angola,
Lobo
Antunes
tells the story of a young African boy who is brought to Portugal by one of the soldiers who destroyed the child’s village, and of the boy’s subsequent brutal murder of this adoptive father figure at a ritual pig killing.
Genre:
Portuguese fiction -- Translations into
English
.
Other authors:
Love, Jeff.
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