Two volumes dedicated to the Goan short story in Portuguese, woven together painstakingly and creatively by Dr Paul Melo e Castro of the University of Leeds. His aim here is to produce "a representative mapping out of the range of authors, styles, positions and themes" found within this body of writing.
In these stories, which span roughly from 1864 to 1987, a variety of positions can be discerned towards Portuguese colonialism and the wider Indian nation, towards issues of family, caste, society, religion and language. While all these issues are both familiar today and the staples of contemporary Goan writing in various languages, the stories presented here do present some of their own peculiarities. Authors covered include * Julio Goncalves * Wenceslau Proenca * Francisco Joao da Costa (GIP) * Joaquim Filipe Neri Soares Rebelo * Jose da Silva Coelho * Ananta Rau Sar Dessai * Vimala Devi * Telo de Mascarenhas * Epitacio Pais * Laxmanrao Sardessai * Maria Elsa da Rocha * Walfrido Antao * Eduardo de Souza * Augusto do Rosario Rodrigues The afterword is by Augusto Pinto Cover photo by Augusto Cabarita Cover design Bina Nayak https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/23411190446/in/dateposted/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/23437339765/in/dateposted/ Book 1 and Book 2 (Pp 192 each). Pb. Rs 200 per volume. Pre-publication offer Rs 300 for a set. Overseas Euro 12 per set (incl p&p by registered airmail). Both books are translated into English. Makes a good gift. FN Order via [email protected] http://goa1556.in -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ Frederick Noronha http://about.me/noronhafrederick http://goa1556.in _/ P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter @fn Fcbk:fredericknoronha _/ Hear Goa,1556 shared audio content at https://archive.org/details/goa1556 _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ ᐧ
