Smiling in the Darkness by Freitas, Adelaide

Smiling in the Darkness (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781933227931)

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Format: Paperback
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Smiling in the Darkness by Freitas, Adelaide

Smiling in the Darkness

$14.95
Smiling in the Darkness by Freitas, Adelaide

Smiling in the Darkness

$14.95
Format: Paperback
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Many people of Portuguese descent take pride in claiming that the word "saudade" is untranslatable. In reality, we come close with a melding of bittersweet nostalgia, bone--deep longing, and an endless yearning for what one can never have again--or indeed may never have had. Adelaide Freitas dipped her pen in saudade to tell of family separation and bonds that never loosen. In her authentic Azorean voice, she recounts the immigrant experience and centrifugal impulses that force people apart in spite of their desperation to cling to one another. In their sensitive rendering, the translators have captured the nuances of Freitas's novel Smiling in the Darkness, with special care for those who have her native language in their heritage and heartfelt saudade for its loss.

Author: Adelaide Freitas
ISBN-10: 1933227931
ISBN-13: 9781933227931
Publisher: Tagus Press
Language: English
Published: 01/30/2020
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.80d
By Adelaide Freitas
By Adelaide Freitas
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ADELAIDE FREITAS (1949-2018) was a celebrated author of prose and poetry, and a tenured professor at the University of the Azores. In 2018, Freitas was honored by the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of the Azores with the Ins?nia Auton

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