The Murmuring Coast (Emergent Literatures) [Hardcover]

Lidia Jorge (Author), Natalia Costa (Translator), Ronald W. Sousa (Translator)

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Language Notes

Text: English
Original Language: Portugese

Product Details

• Hardcover: 274 pages
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press (February 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0816621128
• ISBN-13: 978-0816621125
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,994,782 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The harsh light of the colonies, December 20, 2000

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Domenic Brigandi (Sydney,Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Murmuring Coast (Emergent Literatures) (Hardcover)

Bleak....I'm a devoted fan of Antonio Lobo Antunes and if you have read (and enjoyed) South of Nowhere then you are destined to like this book.How to describe it...imagine lethargy induced by overwhelming humidity and a knowledge that all action is futile-this effectively was the atmosphere which I attributed the novel...it is a rare novel which has the capacity to leave such an impression.

If you do subsequently read this novel(or have read it),others of potential interest include:South of Nowhere,Pedro Paramo and The Plain in Flames,Under the Volcano,The Gates of the City and Little Mountain...the others I forget,no matter.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't read, March 7, 2003

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yagnesh patel (jersey city, nj United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Murmuring Coast (Emergent Literatures) (Hardcover)

This book should have ended with the story of the Locusts. The rest of the book seems desconnected and the characters are not developed. It was one of the worse books I have ever read. There is no plot, direction, climax or anything else that holds your interest.