Saudade / Saneeta Peres da Costa

By:

Peres da Costa, Suneeta [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Artarmon, New South Wales : Giramondo, 2018Description: 114 pagesContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781925336634

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Domestic fiction

DDC classification:

823.92

Summary: "A coming-of-age story set in Angola in the period leading up to the colony's independence, Saudade focuses on a Goan immigrant family caught between complicity in Portuguese rule, and their dependence on the Angolans who are their servants. The title speaks to the melancholy longing for homeland that haunts the characters, and especially the young girl who is the book's protagonist and narrator. Suneeta Peres da Costa's novella captures with intense lyricism the difficult relationship between the girl and her mother, and the ways in which their intimate world is shaken by domestic violence, the legacies of slavery and the end of empire. Her intellectual awakening unfolds into a growing awareness of the lies of colonialism, and the violent political ruptures that ultimately lead to her father's death, and their exile."--Back cover

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Book	Main Library Reference Section	Women’s Collection	WC 823.92 P437s 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	132518d

"A coming-of-age story set in Angola in the period leading up to the colony's independence, Saudade focuses on a Goan immigrant family caught between complicity in Portuguese rule, and their dependence on the Angolans who are their servants. The title speaks to the melancholy longing for homeland that haunts the characters, and especially the young girl who is the book's protagonist and narrator. Suneeta Peres da Costa's novella captures with intense lyricism the difficult relationship between the girl and her mother, and the ways in which their intimate world is shaken by domestic violence, the legacies of slavery and the end of empire. Her intellectual awakening unfolds into a growing awareness of the lies of colonialism, and the violent political ruptures that ultimately lead to her father's death, and their exile."--Back cover

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