Cadete the Healer and Sara the Saint; Barbaro the Pilgrim and the syphilitic priest, His Holiness Father Governo; the death and resurrection of Joao-Lazaro...all on the island in the middle of the ocean...
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A boiling, shocking story, a baroque impasto...Language is applied with a palette knife, not a thin brush. -- Revista (Harvard Univeristy), Winter 2003
An insular society in a brutal but pristine, fantastical setting, soon to be destroyed by politics and greed... -- Ruminator Review, Winter 2003
This is a boiling, shocking story...I cannot name another novel in which a howl is more ferociously unleashed. -- Katherine Vaz, from the Introduction to My World Is Not of This Kingdom
An insular society in a brutal but pristine, fantastical setting, soon to be destroyed by politics and greed... -- Ruminator Review, Winter 2003
This is a boiling, shocking story...I cannot name another novel in which a howl is more ferociously unleashed. -- Katherine Vaz, from the Introduction to My World Is Not of This Kingdom
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Joao de Melo was in the Azores in 1949. He has written over 20 books, including the novels Gente Feliz com Lagrimas, Autopsia de Um Mar de Ruinas and the short story collections Entre Passaro e Anjo and Bem Aventurancas.
Gregory Rabassa has been called by The New York Times "one of the best translators who ever drew a breath." His translations include One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Hopscotch by Julio Cortazar, and Jail by Jesus Zarate.
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This review is from: My World Is Not of This Kingdom (Paperback)
I agree with the prior reviewer regarding the high rating for this special book, but I am compelled to point out (as I am from the Azores myself) that Portuguese people are not Hispanic.
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Emotionally wrenching but very highly recommended,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
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Flawlessly translated from the original Portuguese by Gregory Rabassa, My World Is Not Of This Kingdom is a major literary work by Joao de Melo that revolves around the history of a village in the Azores in which nigh-mythical figures live such as Sara the Saint, Cadete the Healer, Barbaro the Pilgrim, and others. Shock, emotion, the press of ruling authority, and harsh choices that divide make for an emotionally wrenching but very highly recommended narrative which will serve to introduce English readers to a significant Hispanic literary talent.
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AT THAT TIME THE PARISH OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY OF ACHANDINHA WAS NOTHING BUT A FLY SPECK, AS IF A FINGER HAD TOUCHED THE ALMOST ALWAYS GREENISH BACK OF THE ATLANTIC AND the memory of the Founders still trickled down across the basalt pavement and the marine moss. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Father Governo, Maria Agua, Francisco Heitor, Father Govemo, Rua Direita, Manuel Setenta, Professor Calafate, Pico da Vara, Jeremias Furtado, Caminho Novo, Fenais da Ajuda, Parish Council New!
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AT THAT TIME THE PARISH OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY OF ACHANDINHA WAS NOTHING BUT A FLY SPECK, AS IF A FINGER HAD TOUCHED THE ALMOST ALWAYS GREENISH BACK OF THE ATLANTIC AND the memory of the Founders still trickled down across the basalt pavement and the marine moss. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
perpetual ball, harvest tax, white trains, white voice Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Father Governo, Maria Agua, Francisco Heitor, Father Govemo, Rua Direita, Manuel Setenta, Professor Calafate, Pico da Vara, Jeremias Furtado, Caminho Novo, Fenais da Ajuda, Parish Council New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- My World (Adventures in Time and Place) by James A. Banks in Front Matter
- Master of the Sea by Jose Sarney in Back Matter
- Desire and Its Shadow by Ana Clavel in Back Matter
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