Crow Blue by Adriana Lisboa
I was thirteen. Being thirteen is like being in the middle of nowhere. Which was accentuated by the fact that I was in the middle of nowhere. In a house that wasn’t mine. in a city that wasn’t mine, in a country that wasn’t mine, with a one-man family that, in spite of the intersections and intentions (all very good), wasn’t mine. When her mother dies, thirteen-year-old Vanja is left with no family and no sense of who she is, where she belongs, and what she should do. Determined to find her biological father to fill the void that has so suddenly appeared in her life, Vanja decides to leave Rio de Janeiro to live in Colorado with her stepfather, a former guerrilla notorious for his violent past. From there she goes in search of her biological father, tracing her mother’s footsteps and gradually discovering the truth about herself. Rendered in lyrical and passionate prose, Crow Blue is a literary road trip through Brazil and America, and through dark decades of family and political history.
‘A looking-back lyricism that befits a 22-year-old poetry-lover.. Reveal[s] how notions of home and of the self may be more defined by the people we travel with than where we end up * Independent on Sunday *
A classic coming-of-age narrative that also explores the dark side of Brazil’s political history * Observer *
Vibrant * Guardian *
A classic coming-of-age narrative that also explores the dark side of Brazil’s political history * Observer *
Vibrant * Guardian *
Brazilian author Adriana Lisboa was born in Rio de Janeiro. She has published ten books, among which five novels, a collection of short stories and prose poetry, and books for children. Her work has been translated in several countries, including France, Mexico, Italy, Sweden, and Switzerland. Adriana Lisboa lived in France – where she performed as a Brazilian jazz singer – and currently resides in the United States, in Colorado. www.adrianalisboa.com.br/en/ www.facebook.com/lisboa.adriana
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781408838303 |
| ISBN 10 | 1408838303 |
| Title | Crow Blue |
| Author | Adriana Lisboa |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2013-10-10 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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