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O Retorno
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O Retorno
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O Retorno by Dulce Maria Cardoso
1975, Luanda. A descolonização instiga ódios e guerras. Os brancos debandam e em poucos meses chegam a Portugal mais de meio milhão de pessoas. O processo revolucionário está no seu auge e os retornados são recebidos com desconfiança e hostilidade. Muitos nao têm para onde ir nem do que viver. Rui tem quinze anos e é um deles. 1975. Lisboa. Durante mais de um ano, Rui e a família vivem num quarto de um hotel de 5 estrelas a abarrotar de retornados — um improvável purgatório sem salvação garantida que se degrada de dia para dia. A adolescência torna-se uma espera assustada pela idade adulta: aprender o desespero e a raiva, reaprender o amor, inventar a esperança. África sempre presente mas cada vez mais longe.
English overview
1975, Luanda. Decolonization fuels hatred and wars. White people flee, and within a few months, over half a million people arrive in Portugal. The revolutionary process is at its peak, and the retornados (returnees) are received with suspicion and hostility. Many have nowhere to go and no means to live. Fifteen-year-old Rui is one of them.
1975, Lisbon. For over a year, Rui and his family live in a 5-star hotel room packed with retornados—an unlikely purgatory with no guaranteed salvation that degrades day by day. Adolescence becomes a frightened wait for adulthood: learning despair and rage, relearning love, inventing hope. Africa is always present, yet increasingly distant.
| Language | Portuguese |
| Print length | 272 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 989671116X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-9896711160 |
Author
Dulce Maria Cardoso is a celebrated Portuguese author known for exploring themes of memory, identity, and the lingering effects of Portugal's colonial past
. Her major works include award-winning novels O Retorno (The Return) Eliete:A Normal Life, and her debut, Campo de Sangue. Her writing often focuses on personal crises amidst significant political or social shifts.
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