A portrait of the generations

By Vanessa Riambau Pinheiro

This study takes a literary-historical look at the generations that preceded and succeeded Salazarism and its repercussions in Portugal and Angola by analyzing two works: O jardim sem limites (1995) by Portuguese author L dia Jorge and Predadores (2008) by Angolan writer Artur Pestana, known as Pepetela. The former shows us characters of different ages displaced in their country, albeit for different reasons: the old, because they don't recognize themselves in this new democratic - albeit conservative - Portugal, and the young, because they don't identify with this place whose recent past they don't know. The Angolan writer's work, on the other hand, covers a period from 1974, immediately after the fall of the Estado Novo and a year before independence, to 2004, three years after the end of the civil war that followed the war for liberation. Thus, we have two alternating generations: the pre-74 generation - including those who fought for Angola's freedom and those who were not involved in politics or its subsequent outcome - and the children of the war, all alienated from the political and social context of which they are a part.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 6207283074
• ISBN13: 9786207283071
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Our Knowledge Publishing
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"