Books set in Angola (46)
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A General Theory of Oblivion by Jose Eduardo Agualusa EN
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WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2017 A finalist for the Man Booker International Prize 2016 The brilliant new novel from the winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. On the eve of Angolan independence, Ludo bricks herself into her apartment, where she will remain for the next thirty years. She lives off vegetables and pigeons, burns her furniture and books to stay alive and keeps herself busy by writing her story on the walls of her home. The outside world slowly seeps into Ludo’s life through snippets on the radio, voices from next door, glimpses of a man fleeing his... continue
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A Practical Guide to Levitation : Stories by Jose Eduardo Agualusa EN
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A luminous collection of dryly humorous stories that revel in the surreal and fantastic, from the pen of José Eduardo Agualusa, winner of the International Dublin Literary Award Perfect for readers of Haruki Murakami, Julio Cortázar, and Namwali Serpell’s The Old Drift Vividly translated into English for the first time by long-time Agualusa collaborator Daniel Hahn, the jewel-like tales gathered in this collection are an exuberant celebration of story-telling in all its various forms. On the sands of Itamaracá, an old fisherman dreams of fish: shad in the morning, when the water’s smooth and s... continue
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A visão das plantas by Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida PT
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Obra literária obrigatória para o Vestibular Fuvest 2026-2029. Esta é a história de Celestino, um homem cujo passado de brutalidade e violência atrozes é substituído, no crepúsculo da vida, por um amor delicado e cuidadoso pelo seu jardim. Nesta meditação sobre o bem e o mal, e sobre como a natureza parece indiferente à nossa moralidade, Djaimilia construiu um romance que encanta pela beleza de suas frases e fascina pela profundidade com que Celestino é desenhado.
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Avódezanove e o segredo do soviético : romance by Ondjaki PT
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As obras do Mausoléu que irá albergar os restos mortais do presidente da República estão quase a terminar. Os habitantes do bairro vizinho descobrem que as suas casas serão destruídas porque o espaço circundante ao monumento será requalificado. Duas crianças decidem explodir o Mausoléu e assim poupar o bairro onde sempre viveram. Entretanto o responsável pela obra, um soviético, apaixona-se pela avó de uma das crianças. Entretanto essa avó tem de ser operada para lhe amputarem um dedo do pé. Entretanto existe uma outra avó que aparece muito mas não existe. Entretanto o plano das crianças falha... continue
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Bom dia, camaradas by Ondjaki PT
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Do premiado autor angolano, Bom dia, camaradas resgata de forma lírica a infância de um garoto de classe média num país dividido entre a tradição e o novo. Uma Luanda dos anos 1980 com professores cubanos, escolas entoando hinos matinais e jovens de classe média é o cenário de Bom dia, camaradas. Do universo do romance também fazem parte as lembranças dos cartões de abastecimento, as desigualdades sociais e os conflitos entre modernidade e tradição. Através do olhar lírico de um garoto, o leitor é levado a uma Angola que acabou de se tornar independente e é obrigada a repensar as regras sociai... continue
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Broken Halves of a Milky Sun : Poems by Aaiún Nin EN
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With the emotional undertow of Ocean Vuong and the astute political observations of Natalie Diaz, a powerful poetry debut exploring the effects of racism, war and colonialism, queer love and desire. In their breathtaking international debut, Aaiún Nin plumbs the depths of the lived and enduring effects of colonialism in their native country, Angola. In these pages, Nin untangles complexities of exile, the reckoning of familial love, but also reveals the power of queer love and desire through the body that yearns to love and be loved. Nin shows the ways in which faith and devotion serve as form... continue
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Call Me Cassandra by Marcial Gala EN
Country: North America / 
Cuba
Cuba
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“Dazzling." —Marcela Valdes, The New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) "A spellbinding novel by one of the best writers of the Americas." —Junot Díaz, author of This is How You Lose Her From the author of the award-winning The Black Cathedral, a darkly magical tale of a haunted young dreamer, born in the wrong body and time, who believes himself to be a doomed prophetess from ancient Greek mythology. Ten-year-old Rauli lives in a world that is often hostile. His older brother is violent; his philandering father doesn’t understand him; his intelligence and sensitivity do not endear him t... continue
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Cross-Cultural Exchange in the Atlantic World : Angola and Brazil during the Era of the Slave Trade by Roquinaldo Ferreira EN
Country: South America / 
Brazil
Brazil
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This book argues that Angola and Brazil were connected, not separated, by the Atlantic Ocean. Roquinaldo Ferreira focuses on the cultural, religious, and social impacts of the slave trade on Angola. Reconstructing biographies of Africans and merchants, he demonstrates how cross-cultural trade, identity formation, religious ties, and resistance to slaving were central to the formation of the Atlantic world. By adding to our knowledge of the slaving process, the book powerfully illustrates how Atlantic slaving transformed key African institutions, such as local regimes of forced labor that preda... continue
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