Happy People in Tears

"This is perhaps the most important Portuguese Language novel written on the theme of Immigration. It follows the joys and pains, triumphs, and tragedies of an Azorean family's search for a better life in Canada and their changing relationship to the place of their birth and those left behind" --

About the author

JOÃO DE MELO was born in the Azores in 1949. He has written over 20 books, including the novels My World Is Not of This Kingdom and, most recently, Lugar caÃ-do no Crepúsculo. First published in 1988, Happy People in Tears won multiple literary awards in Portugal including the Grande prémio de romance e novela da Associação Portuguesa de Escritores and the Prémio Fernando Namora. ELIZABETH LOWE is professor and director of the Center for Translation Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Product details

• Authors: Joao/ Lowe De Melo, Jo O. De Melo, Joaao De Melo, Joao de Melo, João de Melo
• Assisted by: Deolinda Adao (Translation), Deolinda Adão (Translation), Elizabeth Lowe (Translation)
• Publisher: University pr of new england
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.05.2015
• EAN: 9781933227641
• ISBN: 978-1-933227-64-1
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: Portuguese in the Americas; Portuguese in the Americas
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature