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Everyone has gone away...We too should no longer be here. Luanda, 1975. The Angolan War of Independence has been raging for at least a decade, but with the collapse of the Salazar dictatorship, defeat for the Portuguese is now in sight. Thousands of settlers are fleeing back to Portugal to escape the brutality of the Angolan rebels. Rui is fifteen years old. He has lived in Luanda all his life and has never even visited the far-away homeland - although he has heard many stories. But now his family are finally accepting that they too must return, and Rui is filled with a mixture of excitement and dread at the prospect. But just as they are leaving for the airport, his father is taken away by the rebels, and the family must leave without him. Not knowing if the father is alive or dead - or if they will ever find out what has become of him, Rui, his mother and sister try to rebuild their lives in their new home. This turns out to be a five star hotel in a quiet, seaside suburb of Lisbon, where returnee families are crammed into luxurious rooms by the dozen. These palatial surroundings are a cruel contrast with the reality of returnee life.The hotel becomes a curious form of purgatory as the families wait to discover what will become of them - ever conscious of the fact that they are hardly welcome back in their homeland. Rui has his own personal struggle with his new life: growing up, dropping out of school, facing discrimination, and the ever-present worry over his mother's deteriorating health and his father's fate. And then one night Rui's father returns from the dead. Translated from the Portuguese by Angel Gurria-Quintana.
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L'Eliete és una dona normal de poc més de quaranta anys. Aparentment la seva vida no té res d'extraordinari, però hi destaca el desig de viure més intensament i d'entendre les coses i les persones. Les seves filles són quasi sempre fora o a internet, amb
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Eliete es una mujer normal de cuarenta y pocos años. No hay nada extraordinario en su vida, sus hijas emplean la mayoría de su tiempo en internet y fuera decasa, la relación con su madre es complicada, especialmente tras diagnosticar alzhéimer a su abuela, y esmás fácil comunicarse con su marido a través de mensajes que en casa. En este contexto, vive con permanente nostalgia por su infancia y su juventud, lo que lallevará a replantearse si merece la pena luchar porun matrimonio (y una vida familiar) que parece agotado. Justo en ese momento, aparece en su vida una persona que la hará sentir como una adolescente de nuevo,mientras la demencia de su abuela la lleva a recorreruna historia familiar de tres generaciones a lo largo de los siglos XX y XXI.
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