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Creole

Creole

by Daniel Hahn (Translator), Daniel Hahn (Translator), Daniel Hahn (Translator), Jose Eduardo Agualusa (Author)

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    Paperback 2002

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Synopsis

As he travels across three continents, Fradique Mendes, Portugeuse aristocrat and adventurer, will bear witness to the end of the Portuguese slave trace and the empire's painful attempts to reinvent itself for the modern age. His journey will bring him into contact with slaves and aristocrats, slave-owners and abolitionists, capoeria fighters and witch-doctors. Most importantly, he will meet Ana Olimpia Vaz de Caminha, a former slave-girl said to be the most beautiful woman in the world - and fall deeply in love with her.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 288
 Publisher: Arcadia Books
Published: 10 Mar 2002
ISBN 10: 1900850613
ISBN 13: 9781900850612

Media Reviews
'One of the most powerful and most beautiful arguments against a stereotyped vision of Africa. Agualusa rediscovers the brutal and fascinating world of mulatto Africa, a world riddled with love and hate that jumps social barriers; with political riots that mobilize whites as well as blacks; and with intrigues that unfold in cosmopolitan settings. In short, a Creole nation that has needed more than a century to rebuild the beauty and the magnetism of this stolen memory' - El Pais
Author Bio
Jose Eduardo Agualusa was born in Huambo, Angola in 1960 and now lives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His novels include The Conspiracy and The Rainy Season. Creole was awarded the Grand Prize for Literature by the RTP (Portuguese Television Service) and has been published to acclaim in Portugal, Brazil, Spain (including Catalan) and Germany. Agualusa is also a poet and a journalist.